artnet.com - The African Art Auctions Database

New York, NY July 18, 2000 artnet, the leader in online art information and e-commerce, has launched another revolutionary research service, the African Art Auctions Database (AAAD), the first appraisal tool for the African Art Market.

Based on artnet's highly successful Fine Art Auctions Database, the African Art Auctions Database is the most comprehensive resource for the African art marketplace, which has historically been extremely difficult to research and void of a market overview. Containing over 38,000 auction results (many with images) dating from 1927 to the present, spanning over 90 international auction houses, it is the ultimate research tool for collectors and scholars specializing in African Art, or anyone who is curious and wants to learn more about this intriguing marketplace. The African Art Auctions Database includes an enormous range of objects, from figures to weapons to furniture, and represents tribes throughout Africa, such as the Ashanti, Senufo and Yoruba, to name just a few. Subscribers can search this unique proprietary database by tribe, area, style and country; by attributes, such as its size and medium; by cult or the name of the object and the society it belongs to; by exhibitions and literature; by auction saleroom location; and by price for which the work sold.

This subscription-based service will cost $59.95 a month per user with unlimited searches. As a special promotion for the launch, the African Art Auctions Database will be free to all users until July 31st and will then be offered at a discounted rate of $39.95 through the end of January 2001.

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Founded in 1989, artnet is internationally recognized as the premier Internet site for art information and e-commerce. Through artnet's auctions and Printstore, collectors can bid on or buy high-quality works of art that have been vetted by our team of experts. artnet's network of over 1,000 galleries also matches more than 25,000 works with art buyers worldwide. artnet features art research tools as well, including a Fine Art Auctions Database, an African Art Auctions Database, and an art library, created through our partnership with the Grove Dictionary of Art. Additional resources include an art bookstore and a daily magazine. artnet AG is a public company traded on Germany's Neuer Markt. AOL Keyword: artnet.

	artnet Introduces the First Appraisal Tool for African Art Market -- The African Art Auctions Database -- New York, NY July 18, 2000 artnet, the leader in online art information and e-commerce, has launched another revolutionary research service, the African Art Auctions Database (AAAD), the first appraisal tool for the African Art Market. Based on artnet's highly successful Fine Art Auctions Database, the African Art Auctions Database is the most comprehensive resource for the African art marketplace, which has historically been extremely difficult to research and void of a market overview. Containing over 38,000 auction results (many with images) dating from 1927 to the present, spanning over 90 international auction houses, it is the ultimate research tool for collectors and scholars specializing in African Art, or anyone who is curious and wants to learn more about this intriguing marketplace. The African Art Auctions Database includes an enormous range of objects, from figures to weapons to furniture, and represents tribes throughout Africa, such as the Ashanti, Senufo and Yoruba, to name just a few. Subscribers can search this unique proprietary database by tribe, area, style and country; by attributes, such as its size and medium; by cult or the name of the object and the society it belongs to; by exhibitions and literature; by auction saleroom location; and by price for which the work sold. This subscription-based service will cost $59.95 a month per user with unlimited searches. As a special promotion for the launch, the African Art Auctions Database will be free to all users until July 31st and will then be offered at a discounted rate of $39.95 through the end of January 2001. About artnet Founded in 1989, artnet is internationally recognized as the premier Internet site for art information and e-commerce. Through artnet's auctions and Printstore, collectors can bid on or buy high-quality works of art that have been vetted by our team of experts. artnet's network of over 1,000 galleries also matches more than 25,000 works with art buyers worldwide. artnet features art research tools as well, including a Fine Art Auctions Database, an African Art Auctions Database, and an art library, created through our partnership with the Grove Dictionary of Art. Additional resources include an art bookstore and a daily magazine. artnet AG is a public company traded on Germany's Neuer Markt. AOL Keyword: artnet. -ENDS- If you would like to receive artnet press releases via email, please contact: Uwe Bartsch 212 497-9700 x510

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