Selling Art
Your Selling Guide
Our customer service for you as a seller with individual advice and support is what makes us successful. We develop the optimal strategy for you and with you to market your artwork, your art collection or your inheritance at the highest possible price.
According to the uniqueness of your works of art, adequate concepts are required to achieve the highest hammer price for you. Let our creativity, our reliability and our experience work for you. Whether it is an art object, an inheritance or an art collection – we provide competent and reliable advice on the sale, disposal and auction of individual works of art and antiques as well as closed collections and inheritances.
Find out more about our broad range of services.
Everything important at a glance
Your Guide to…
Art Consulting
Our Philosophy
Our claim to ourselves is to convince both consignors and buyers with our work. Our daily goal is to give everything for a successful cooperation – our commitment and our passion for art.
Why should you choose us for the sale of your works of art? There are three convincing reasons.
1. Our service for you
Our customer service for you as a seller with individual advice and support is what makes us successful. We develop the optimal strategy for and with you to sell your work of art, your art collection or your estate at the highest price possible.
According to the uniqueness of your works of art, adequate concepts are required to achieve the highest hammer price for you. Let our creativity, our reliability and our experience work for you.
2. Our competence – our passion
“With Art there is only one criteria. The goose bumps.
You have it, or you don’t.”
Kurt Tucholsky
We have these goose bumps, and we have them every day! Our passion for art underlies our competence. Years of daily experience in the valuation of art and antiques as well as contacts to internationally renowned specialists are a guarantee for the competent assessment of your works of art.
3. Diversification and specialisation
Our motto is ” Advantage through specialisation, but specialisation in multiple areas”. In accordance to this motto, your art object will be offered in one of our special auctions and is thus an essential component for its success. The bundling of interests and the exclusivity of a thematic special auction always entail a concentration of potential buyers, which leads to bidding wars in the auction and thus ultimately to top prices for you.
Your Guide to…
Art Valuation
In Service of Art
Your service provider in all matters of art – service with expertise and quality
We see ourselves as your service provider in matters of art. Our task is to achieve the highest possible prices for your art and antiques at our auction. We create the optimal framework conditions for the professional marketing of your art and place great emphasis on quality! This applies to all areas that are decisive for the sale.
Our range of services includes:
- comprehensive and free advice on all aspects of your art
- the appropriate listing of your works of art in one of our special auctions
- the exact art-historical determination and appreciation as well as further research with external experts or institutions in order to do justice to your art
- presentation in our high-quality print catalogues, which we send to our national and international clients
- targeted advertising in national and international print and online media
- the bundling of potential buyers through our personal customer service and advice
We cover:
- individual objects
- extensive art collections
- your inheritance or estate
We have the logistics – single item or extensive estate – No problem for us!
Our all-round carefree package for you:
- free evaluation of your art
- Viewing and discussion of your art in our offices or on your premises – free of charge and without obligation!
- free collection – regionally, nationally and internationally: simply make an appointment with us!
We offer you individual support from the first consultation to the settlement after the auction.
Maximum transparency
- From the publication of the catalogue approximately 5 weeks before the auction, your art object is presented in the printed catalogue and on the internet on international art platforms. From now on, it is our main task to inspire the whole world for your art!
- Take part in the auction and experience by whom your artwork will be highly contested in the auction – you are of course cordially invited to the auction!
- Costs: Of course, our commission of 17% only applies to a successful sale! If, despite all our efforts, the sale is not successful, we will only charge you a small pro rata flat rate for photography, graphic design and printing as well as the indispensable insurance fee of 1% of the limit price.
Your Guide to…
Art Marketing
Our 10-point program for sellers
1. Free appraisal
and valuation of your art objects, antiques, inheritance or collection – also on your premises
2. Optimised marketing
from individual objects to closed collections: We provide competent and reliable advice on the sale, disposal and auction of individual works of art and antiques as well as closed collections and estates.
3. Art historical expertise
and years of professional experience are our guarantee for your comprehensive advice and the development of individual marketing strategies customised to your needs. Benefit from our ‘know-how’ on the art market and our contacts to national and international collectors, museums and dealers.
4. With our flexibility
we want to make the sale of your objects as pleasant as possible. You need our help outside opening hours or at the weekend? No problem – talk to us about it and we are always happy to arrange a personal appointment with you, even in the evening, on Sunday or on public holidays.
5. No distance is too far for us!
The way to us is too far for you? We can take care of your consignment throughout Germany and Europe. Our experts are regularly on the road for you throughout Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and France.
6. Logistics? Logical!
If desired, we can take care of the logistics for the safe transport of your art works to our premises.
7. The adequate presentation
For the optimal marketing of your art, we leave nothing to chance. Professional photographers, graphic designers and media designers are involved in the creation of the printed auction catalogue.
8. Scientific research
We devote the appropriate time to your art object to prepare a competent catalogue description, which also includes scientific research on provenance, art historical context and the use of comparative pieces in important collections and museums.
9. Professional Marketing
is a matter of course for us. Advertisements in the national and international print media and the trade press are an essential part of our marketing strategies. Furthermore, our online marketing on art platforms all over the world is absolutely essential.
10. Discretion and transparency
Discreet and transparent processing is very important to us. You will receive your settlement in the form of your choice, whether in cash, by bank transfer or by cheque.
Your Guide to…
A timeline for the sell
At any time
we are at your disposal for a free and non-binding valuation of your art and antiques.
At the latest 8 weeks before the auction
the artworks should be with us, so that we have enough time to catalogue your art for the auction catalogue and can optimally place your object in print and online advertising. When our experts take over the artworks, all details such as the limit price, the conditions and the costs are recorded in the auction commission.
5 weeks before the auction
the online catalogue appears on our website and international art platforms.
3 weeks before the auction
the printed auction catalogue is sent to our national and international customers.
The auction
is the exciting and crowning highlight of all our preparations. Now it is decided whether and for which price your art object will be sold. Of course, you are welcome to be present in person at the auction of your property.
1 day after the auction
you can enquire about the result of your consignment by telephone / in writing / by E-Mail or check the results list on our website.
Up to 3 weeks after the auction
Should your object remain unsold in the auction despite all our efforts, we will also offer it for sale in post auction sale.
Approximately 5 weeks after the auction
you will receive your invoice and the payment of your auction proceeds.
