Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Art Loss Register

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:48, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Art Loss Register[edit]

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Company founded in 1991 which supposed to track stolen art -- for a fee -- but I see no evidence that it's well-known or successful. Very few references, and what few are reliable are mentions of the organization which spun off this as a business -- and which organization (International Foundation for Art Research) doesn't appear to be very notable, either. Article created as part of a spamming ring awhile back. Calton | Talk 10:06, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong Keep Plenty of references - the story in the Art Newspaper about complaints that it is abusing its dominant market position internationally is itself enough to demonstrate notability. Long-established, used by all the big auction houses etc. The position of the newer and smaller International Foundation for Art Research is much more precarious, so why nominate this and not that? Johnbod (talk) 03:54, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is no doubt that this is a notable organization. They even have a stand at the TEFAF (http://tefaf.artsolution.net/gallery/The-Art-Loss-Register). --Edelseider (talk) 06:24, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep notable organization. plus stand at TEFAF BabbaQ (talk) 22:08, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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