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Dictionary & Encyclopedia

 For sale by Sylvia PowellArt dictionary http://www.artlex.com/
Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing visual culture
 
Art encyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
Guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet

Kunstpedia www.kunstpedia.com

Extensive collection of informative and interesting articles, video's and e-Books on fine arts and applied arts

  

Stolen, Lost or Endangered objects

The Art Loss Register     http://www.artloss.com/Default.asp
The largest private database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables

Interpol    http://www.interpol.com/Public/WorkOfArt/Default.asp
Recently stolen works of art

For sale by HansordLost treasures from Iraq    http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.html
Site of the Oriental Institute Chicago containing a database of stolen objects from the Iraq Museum

Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945    http://www.lootedart.com/
The Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945

Red List of cultural objects at risk        http://icom.museum/redlist/
The International Council of Museums has compiled this list to prevent cultural objects being sold illegally on the Art Market. Including 'The African Red List'; 'Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiques at Risk'; 'The Latin-America Red List'

ART THEFT /  MOST WANTED ART / RECOVERY PROJECT    http://www.saztv.com/
The world's most wanted art.

CULTURAL PLUNDER by THE EINSATZSTAB REICHLEITER ROSENER Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume   http://www.errproject.org/jeudepaume/

This database brings together for the first time in searchable illustrated form the remaining registration cards and photographs produced by the ERR covering more than 20,000 art objects taken from Jews in German-occupied France and, to a lesser extent, in Belgium. Searchable by individual objects and by the owners from whom these objects were taken, the database is a detailed record of a small but important part of the vast seizure of cultural property that was integral to the Holocaust.
 

Other Associations

For sale by Mark WestInternational League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) www.ilab.org

The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers federates 22 National Associations of Antiquarian Booksellers. It speaks for 22 national associations, 32 countries, and nearly 2000 leading booksellers throughout the world.

ILAB is an associate member of CINOA.

The International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) www.ifar.org

IFAR is a not-for-profit educational and research organization dedicated to integrity in the visual arts. IFAR offers impartial and authoritative information on authenticity, ownership, theft, and other artistic, legal, and ethical issues concerning art objects.

 

Trade specialists for associations

For sale by Samuel Osborne

Online Galleries Ltd.     www.onlinegalleries.com
Website Specialists - The home of Art and Antiques online 

Publications UK www.publicationsuk.co.uk

Contract and independent publishers specialising in local authority guides and directories for trade and international business organisations.