vetting
INSPECTION PRINCIPLES PAN AMSTERDAM
All objects offered for sale at PAN Amsterdam have been vetted prior to the fair. The vetting takes place the day before the opening. The 22 vetting committees consist of experts from the museum world, academia and the art trade. All objects are vetted for authenticity, quality and condition with the objective of providing buyers with information that is as accurate as possible. Jan Rudolph De Lorm is chair of the vetting committees. Each committee only vets objects offered for sale in the specialism concerned. Exhibitors are responsible for providing the correct documentation to support the history, provenance, ownership, material and other typical characteristics. Vetting guidelines are used. The vetting committees and the chair ensure they are complied with.
PROVENANCE RESEARCH BY THE ART LOSS REGISTER
PAN Amsterdam also works with The Art Loss Register (ALR) for the Vetting. ALR manages a database of 700,000 objects that are registered as missing, stolen or the subject of a dispute. ALR checks that objects offered for sale at PAN Amsterdam are not in this database. If an object is registered in this database, it is removed from the fair and an investigation is initiated. The object is not offered for sale at PAN Amsterdam until the investigation has reached a conclusion. Visitors to and exhibitors at PAN Amsterdam can request an ALR certificate with regard to the purchase of an object.
PAN AMSTERDAM’S 23 VETTING COMMITTEES COVER THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
1. Arms and Armour
2. Archeology
3. Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Design
4. Asian Crafts and Sculpture, Chinese and Japanese Ceramics
5. Modern Art starting from 1945
6. Books, graphics, manuscripts and maps
7. Ethnography
8. European Crafts and Sculpture
9. European Porcelain and Pottery
10. Glass
11. Icons
12. Jewelry (Including Indian Jewelry)
13. Cabaret and Objects de Vitrines
14. Clocks, Watches and Instruments
15. Late Furniture
16. Naturalia, Fossils and Minerals
17. Sculptures 1800 - 1945
18. Paintings up to circa 1820
19. Paintings between 1820 – 1945
20. Carpets and Textiles
21. Early Furniture
22. Silver
For more information about The Art Loss Register click here.
For specific questions about vetting please contact the organizers of PAN Amsterdam at info@pan.nl.