Top Questions We Receive

What does it mean to say that an etching or lithograph is “Plate Signed”?

What is a cancelled plate? Why do dealers sometimes sell etchings and lithographs printed from cancelled plates?

Does the use of watermarked paper mean an etching or lithograph is authentic/original?

What is the difference between a graphic work “by” Picasso versus “after” Picasso?

How valuable is my Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph with an embossed seal from the Lautrec Museum in Albi, France?

Are prints from numbered editions worth more than those from unnumbered editions?

What is a Catalogue Raisonne?

What is a Collotype and how does it differ from a Lithograph?

Info on Select Artists

Marc Chagall Themes

Marc Chagall Biography

Toulouse-Lautrec Biography

Rudolf Bauer Biography