Preferred access
Every picture on this site is open to view, and every catalogue note can be read in full. What sits behind them is not. Preferred access releases the documents: laboratory reports, certificates of origin, condition reports and the private collection record.
Apply
Name, contact and the field you collect in. A specialist reviews each application individually.
Verification
We confirm identity and, where a purchase is contemplated, source of funds. This is normally a short conversation.
Access
An access code and a named specialist. Documents open across the catalogue, and you are shown works before they are published.
No account needed
Every picture
All photography of every work, at full size, including detail and verso plates.
Artist and title
The maker, the title, the date, the medium and the dimensions of each work.
Catalogue notes
The full written note for each work, as prepared by the specialist.
Prices
The asking price, or a note that the price is available on application.
The documents
Laboratory reports
Gemological passports, origin opinions and microscopy, Gulf Gem Lab, SSEF, Gübelin, AGL.
Certificates
Certificates of origin and authentication opinions in full.
Condition reports
Written condition, restoration history and, for watches, service records.
Ownership record
The private collection record and the chain of ownership behind each work.