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Salvador Dali
Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Certificate of Authenticity and guarantee
With work by Dali there are always questions about authenticity, should a work be signed, and if it is signed, is the signature by Dali.
How can you authenticate the signature. You can send to work to someone who will research
the history of the work you are interested in and compare the history with the documented history for this work.
The person can also compare the signature with Dali's signature of the same period or from the same set of works.
Or perhaps you may have a letter from Dali that says he really did sign the work.
We provide a certificate of authenticity with work your purchase from the Lockport Street Gallery.
A Certificate from the Lockport Street Gallery provides the following information:
1) Documentary information on the actual item purchased, including the correct title, condition of the work, the signed number of work,
the image and sheet size, paper type, signature information, paper and watermark data.
2) Provenance. That is, what was our source and is there any additional information available regarding the history of this particular piece.
That's correct, we will tell you where we purchased the item. This is important because the source, be it the original owner,
or a major auction house provides valuable historical evidence as to the authenticity of the work.
3) Edition information for the work purchased as derived from the published literature. This includes the number of works produced in the edition,
the correct numbering for each set and the size of the edition, signature information
(did Dali sign the work and how many pieces were signed, what instrument was used for signing),
was there a blind stamp, was there a counter signature, what type of paper was used and is there a watermark,
and what is known about forgeries of the work.
Additionally, other information that exists in the literature is given.
4) A comparison of the signature with that taken from other works in the same edition or from the same time period.
5) A dated signature from the Lockport Street Gallery that we believe the work to be authentic and that we will at any time accept return of the work
(in the same condition as noted in #1 above) for the price paid for the work, if the buyer presents documented evidence from an accepted source
that the work is not authentic.
We feel that the above guarantee provides the best way of giving the buyer transparent evidence as to why we feel an etching or
lithograph by Dali is authentic.
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