Topic: Crime Prevention

“Price & Provenance”

ARCA highlights TrackArt’s services, especially the importance of DNA security coding services to the art market. Click on the link to read the article. http://art-crime.blogspot.it/2015/11/price-and-provenance.html?m=1

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How Hong Kong Can Step Up Fight Against Money Laundering

http://newsoncompliance.com/2015/05/how-hong-kong-can-step-up-fight-against-money-laundering/ Out of 37,188 Suspicious Transaction Reports only 9 came from auction houses in 2014. Unbelievable!

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The Journal of Art Crime Spring 2015

This new issue examines archaeological looting and art theft. Included in this issue is an editorial essay by Toby Bull entitled “The Grape War of China: Wine Fraud and How Science is Fighting Back”. To subscribe to the Journal of Art Crime contact ARCA.

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ARIS Art Title Insurance: “Ownership is everything.”

http://www.privateartinvestor.com/art-risk/aris-art-title-insurance-789/ So true! A great complimentary service to this is by having the art work DNA coded. If any dispute, or lien on the item later surfaces, we can categorically say that on the date the item was coded by TrackArt, the owner was the person named in the database (and the certificate of coding […] Read More

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The 3 Top Risks to Client Art Collections

http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2015/04/22/the-3-top-risks-to-client-art-collections What are they?  Click on the link above to read more.

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Protecting Provenance through Science

http://www.asiaweekhk.com/protecting-provenance-through-science/   TrackArt presented a talk on DNA security coding for artworks as part of the Asia Week HK programme.    

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Object ID

Object ID is an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities. http://archives.icom.museum/objectid/

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