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Italy Reduces VAT on Art and Photography Sales to 5%
Italy will reduce value-added tax (VAT) on art and photography sales from 22% to 5%, following approval of the change in a cabinet meeting on June 20th. The amended VAT…
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Thomas John Shillea: A Classicist with an Experimental Flair
Thomas Shillea received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
During his graduate studies at RIT from 1977-1980, he had an opportunity to learn…
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On Connoisseurship and Photography Print Values: A Discussion
This article is devoted to a very important subject: connoisseurship and the print. This should be a topic of primary concern for any collector, institution or dealer. What…
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