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Unless otherwise noted, these resources are available at the Art Institute of Chicago, the SAIC campus, or from other locations with an ARTIC username and password.
Types of material covered: Approximately 5,000 resources, including regional, national, and international newspapers, wire services, magazines, almanacs, biographical dictionaries, etc.
Dates covered: Dates of coverage vary from source to source. Newspaper coverage ranges from current year to 20+ years. Wire services and newspapers updated daily.
A freely-available database of collectors' marks, including stamped and written marks of private and public collections, marks used by dealers, mounters, printers, publishers, and engravers, as well as studio and estate stamps.
Types of material covered: Includes all marks as recorded in Lugt's 1921 reference source and his 1956 supplement plus approximately 4,500 previously unrecorded marks.
Lists more than 100,000 art sales catalogs. A libraries database component indicates libraries which hold these catalogs. The Répertoire online can be searched on Lugt number, date, place, provenance, auction house and existing copies, but the database does not indicate what individual works sold for.
Types of material covered: Sales catalogs
Dates covered: 1600 to 1900
