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What You Need to Know to Get Started
Yet, true provenance requires painstaking research. Continuing with the Louis XIV chair example, if you can document through bills of sale, letters, photographs, or anything else that your chair is the real one, then you have the provenance. The provenance is what would send the value of this chair sky high. Louis-style chairs are not uncommon. However, a bona fide chair linked to the Sun King is extremely rare. Serious collectors will pay top dollar for items with a well-documented provenance.
Martin Swinton lives in Toronto, Canada and owns Take-A-Boo Emporium, a popular local antique shop. He has appeared on a variety of television programs and teaches courses on antiques.
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