Authenticating a signed, numbered fine-art print at Gauntlet Gallery
Collector Intelligence

Buyer's Resources

Everything you need to buy with conviction — authentication field guides, fake-spotting forensics, straight answers, and the market data behind every price. Never buy art blind.

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Four ways to buy smarter

Research-driven collecting, made simple.

Every edition we sell is priced against hundreds of thousands of authenticated public sales. These four guides put that same intelligence in your hands — so you can verify, value, and buy with total confidence.

01 · Buyer's Guides Signed and numbered collector field guides with provenance card
Authenticate before you buy

The Buyer's Guides

Eight category playbooks — Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Death NYC, KAWS × BE@RBRICK, Apollo 11 space, music, pop-art pioneers and sports — covering the certificates that matter (Pest Control, PSA/JSA), edition scarcity, provenance and the tells that expose a fake.

8 categories $50–$195M market range Authentication-first
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02 · Authentication Loupe revealing halftone dots and signature on a fine-art print
Forensic buyer protection

How to Spot a Fake

A plain-English forensics checklist: read the signature and edition numbering, inspect the halftone dot pattern and paper stock, demand the right certificate, and cross-check the asking price against real comparable sales. Learn the red flags before your money leaves your hands.

Signature & edition Paper & print tells COA verification
See the red flags
03 · Answers Archival fine-art prints in a gallery flat-file drawer
Straight answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Twenty-three topics, no fine print: third-party authentication (Beckett, JSA, PSA, Zarelli Space), free insured US shipping over $500, a 30-day return window, layaway on pieces over $1,000, condition grading, consignment and more.

23 topics Free US ship $500+ 30-day returns
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04 · Market Data Framed pop-art print beside a rising gold market trend line
Art as an asset

Financial Insights

Transparent market intelligence built on 300,000+ public records across 26 artists — medians, not averages. See Shepard Fairey's +5.4% five-year CAGR, KAWS and Death NYC benchmarks, and honest context against the S&P 500's +11% over the same window.

Fairey +5.4% 5yr CAGR Medians, not averages Quarterly updates
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