Selling Art
Your selling guide
Our personalized customer service is at the heart of our success. As a seller, you can expect an optimal strategy developed for and with you, so that we can sell your work of art, your art collection, or your estate – seamlessly and at the highest possible price. Let our creativity, our reliability, and our experience work for you.
Find out more about our broad range of services.
The four components of your sale
Your Guide to…
Art Consulting
Our Philosophy
Our promise to ourselves is to impress consignors and buyers with the exceptional quality of our work. Our highest goal is a successful cooperation based on commitment and passion for art.
Why choose us for the sale of your art and antiques?
1. We are at your service
When we welcome you to Hargesheimer, a successful collaboration becomes our highest goal. We will offer individual advice and support, and develop an optimal strategy for the sale of your art, making every step as smooth and easy for you as possible.
We are here to answer your questions throughout the process.
2. Expertise motivated by 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 every day! Our passion for art motivates our expertise. With years of daily experience in the valuation of art and antiques, and ongoing relationships with collectors, museums, and dealers, our work is thorough, accurate, heartfelt, and tireless.
3. A diverse range of specialties
Our motto is: Advantage through diverse specialization. Our specialty departments make it possible for us to work with all types of art, in depth and with great expertise. Our auctions are planned thematically by department, ensuring a concentration of potential buyers.
Your advantage? Bidding wars in the auction and the highest possible selling price for your art.
Your Guide to…
Art Valuation
Our expertise is at your service
We are at your service in matters of art! Our task is to achieve the highest possible prices for your art and antiques. As a consignor, you can expect thorough and accurate valuation, optimal conditions, and the highest quality professional marketing.
Our services include:
- Free appraisal and advice from our knowledgeable specialists
- Exact art-historical determination
- Further research with external experts and institutions when required
- Consideration for all your questions and concerns
- The benefit of our ongoing relationships with collectors, museums, and dealers
- Presentation of your artworks in our opulent printed catalogue, plus targeted advertising in domestic and international print and online media
- Live auctions organized by specialty department to attract a concentration of potential buyers for your works of art
We cover:
- Individual objects
- Art collections
- Estates and inheritances
We have the logistics to handle your consignment, big or small!
Worry-free and free of charge:
- Valuation of your art – without obligation
- In-person advice – in our Düsseldorf showroom or at your location
- Collection – regionally, nationally and internationally: simply make an appointment!
We offer individual support from your first consultation to the payment of your auction proceeds.
Maximum transparency
- Marketing – Your art objects will be presented in our printed catalog and publically on international online art platforms, clearly photographed and accompanied by thorough and accurate descriptions.
- Auction day – You are very welcome to join us in person. Experience the excitement of a live auction and witness the bidding for your art!
- Fees – We charge a small flat-rate fee for photography and marketing, 1% of the reserve price for insurance, and a commission of 17% of the hammer price for a successful sale. That’s it!
Your Guide to…
Art Marketing
Our 10-point program for sellers
1. Free appraisal
and valuation of your art objects, antiques, inheritance, or collection – in our Düsseldorf showroom or at your location.
2. Personal consultation
from single works of art to closed collections to entire estates, we provide competent and reliable advice on the sale of your objects.
3. Art historical expertise
and years of professional experience are our strengths. We will provide guidance and develop marketing strategies for your particular consignment. Benefit from our ‘know-how’ in the art market and our ongoing relationships with national and international collectors, museums, and dealers.
4. We’re flexible
we want to make the sale of your objects as pleasant as possible. Whenever you need us, it’s no problem – just ask. We’re happy to arrange a personal appointment with you, even in the evening, on Sunday, or on public holidays.
5. No distance is too far
We are active throughout Europe, and we are happy to come to you. Our experts are regularly on the road in Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and France.
6. Logistics? Logical!
If desired, we can arrange all the logistics for the safe transport of your art works to our premises.
7. The finest presentation
Our visual marketing will show your art accurately and to its best advantage. We leave nothing to chance: professional photographers, graphic designers, and media designers work together to create our sumptuous printed auction catalogue.
8. Scientific research
We will write a precise and thorough catalogue description for your object, including our research on provenance, art historical context, and comparable pieces in important collections and museums.
9. Worldwide marketing
Our essential goal is to reach buyers for your consignment. Our strategy includes the domestic and international print media and trade press, as well as online marketing on art platforms all over the world.
10. Discretion and transparency
We promise a discreet and transparent process. We are here to answer your questions and advise you along the way. After your successful sale we offer payment by cash, bank transfer, or cheque – it’s your choice.
Your Guide to…
The timeline for your sale
Start here
We offer free and non-binding valuation of your art and antiques, at any time.
Up to 8 weeks before the auction
Your object is in our care. We will take photographs, research, and place your object in print and online advertising. When our experts work with your object, 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 popular international art platforms.
3 weeks before the auction
The opulent printed auction catalogue is sent to our domestic and international customers.
Auction day
The auction is the exciting crowning moment of all our preparations. Going once, going twice, sold! And your object becomes a buyer’s new favorite. Of course, you are very welcome to join us in person!
1 day after the auction
Discover the results! Contact us by post, telephone, email, or check the results on our website.
Up to 3 weeks after the auction
If your object remains unsold in the auction, then it will be offered in the after-sale. This gives you an extended chance for a successful sale.
Approximately 5 weeks after the auction
You will receive your invoice and the payment of your auction proceeds. Thank you for your trust and collaboration!
