{"id":9569,"date":"2017-10-20T17:04:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsurancenow.com\/blog\/?p=9569"},"modified":"2018-04-13T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:53:29","slug":"how-editions-and-negatives-are-valued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artinsurancenow.com\/blog\/how-editions-and-negatives-are-valued\/","title":{"rendered":"How Editions and Negatives are Valued"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The value of Editions and Negatives vary.<\/h1>\n<p>I was recently reading an appraisal trying to establishing values on Editions and Negatives for a sale of the collection.\u00a0 I then started to read different policy forms to see how insurance companies would payout if there was a loss. How art is valued varies, read on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current market value is the present day value.<\/li>\n<li>Future value on a single item is an unknown, hard to project the future.<\/li>\n<li>The original from which multiple proof editions are made has a value from being the original #1, but each type of edition and sequence has a value.<\/li>\n<li>If all editions are printed and no future editions are ever made, then that inventory is fixed so a total can be calculated accurately. Now, if that inventory does not sell in 2 years for example, then the inventory is overvalued and total should be lowered.<\/li>\n<li>A photo negative has value and each copy has a value, but unless the negative is destroyed the copy has little value.<\/li>\n<li>With digital photos and copies, there is no degradation in future copies and unless it is hand numbered by the artist then there is little value.<\/li>\n<li>If you have the Getty photo library, then all photos have a future value based upon licensing fee and there is no physical loss but there is a Business Interruption loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ArtInsuranceNow.com\">www.ArtInsuranceNow.com<\/a> to learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/artinsurancenow.com\/#applications\">apply here<\/a> or feel free to contact William Fleischer, CIC at 1.800.921.1008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The value of Editions and Negatives vary. I was recently reading an appraisal trying to establishing values on Editions and Negatives for a sale of the collection.\u00a0 I then started to read different policy forms to see how insurance companies would payout if there was a loss. How art is valued varies, read on. 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