Scion Art Advisory provides four related services, each available independently or in combination.
Each service is delivered independently of any dealer, auction house, or insurer, and begins with a scoped, written engagement letter. Enquiries are welcome by appointment.
Provenance & Due Diligence
Establishes and documents a work's ownership history, testing it against known gaps in the record — loss registries, wartime transfers, and disputed titles — before a work is acquired, consigned, or insured.
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Authentication & Attribution
Addresses who made a work, when, and under what circumstances — combining connoisseurship, technical examination, and documentary research, and stating clearly where the evidence supports certainty and where it does not.
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Valuation & Appraisal
Written opinions of value for insurance, estate planning, charitable donation, equitable distribution, and sale — prepared to the evidentiary standard the purpose requires, including formal DDR and FMV appraisals.
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Collection Advisory & Management
Supports collectors and institutions over time: acquisition review, insurance scheduling, condition monitoring, and succession planning for a collection as a whole.
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