Art Brokerage was designed to make selling and buying fine art safe and easy. We sell original paintings, limited edition prints, sculptures, and jewelry from more than 1000 artists including Andy Warhol, Leroy Neiman, Frederick Hart and Ed Ruscha. International buyers and sellers are welcome to work with us, we ship worldwide on a daily basis.

Listings are FREE! There is a 20% commission on all sales above $5,000 and a 25% commission on all sales below $5,000. No listing below $3,000 will be approved. When listing with Art Brokerage you agree to list EXCLUSIVELY with our site for a period of 90 days, AND you reserve the right to sell your own listed artwork, (privately, not on the internet), using the convenience of our site, during this 90 day period! Of course you pay no commission when you sell your own artwork listed on our site and you may remove your listing at any time without penalty. Buyers pay shipping, sellers pay packing and crating costs.

You may update your listing and choose to do one of the following after it has been listed:

• reduce the asking price of your listing (you may also reduce before 90 days)
• mark your listing OBO or MAKE OFFER (seller will consider any resonable offer)
• choose must sell from the drop down box on your listing
• after 90 days, you may list your art elsewhere (while maintaining your Art Brokerage listing) with the understanding that we will retain the ability to sell your art when we have a buyer. We ask that you notify us by email when and with whom you are listing after the initial 90 day period.

If you have art valued at more than $100,000 that you would like to sell, but do not want to list it publicly on the internet, please email us to ask about our private viewing area.

*Exclusive listing means not listing your artwork with any other galleries, dealers, or internet sites, including ebay.

The Art Brokerage commission is taken out of the total asking price.
It is NOT added to the net asking price.

EXAMPLE: (20% commission)
If your net price is $10,000
Then your asking price will be $12,500
80% of $12,500 = $10,000 (your original net price)
20% of $12,500 = $2,500 (Art Brokerage 20% commission)

To sell fine art with Art Brokerage you will need to register. We will never share or sell your information to any other party. We understand and respect your privacy.

To create a new listing, log on to your account and click on the CREATE A NEW LISTING link to your left. Please read the directions carefully and enter the listing data as accurately as possible.

Our system will prompt you for the following:

1. Artist's name
2. Title
3. Medium (oil on canvas, serigraph on paper, drawing. bronze/lucite sculpture, etc)
4. Edition # (if applicable)
5. Condition (mint, excellent, other)
6. Dimensions (framed and unframed)
7. Frame description and if you have the original crate or packaging. (Please note that glass must be     replaced with PLEXIGLASS before shipping.)
8. Provenance (when and where the art was purchased, as much relevant and useful history as you can     provide, this information is very important to Art Brokerage buyers)
9. Net asking price (how much do you want to net from the sale)

Art Brokerage does NOT assist with pricing. Please read our pricing guide for more info.

Please check the form to make sure you have filled out all of the fields accurately and then click the SUBMIT button on the bottom of the page. The next screen will prompt you to upload photos of your artwork. If you do not reach this screen you have not completely filled out the form. Quality photos sell art, please read through our photo guide prior to entering your listing.

It is important that you take the time to accurately and completely fill out our listing form. Incomplete and/or inaccurate listings will not be approved . Buyers have many legitimate questions that only you the seller can answer, before committing to a purchase. If your listing meets our criteria and you have filled out the form accurately we will approve your listing and email you a confirmation within 48 hours. We ask you to keep your listings and email and contact info up to date. Art Brokerage reserves the right to refuse any listing for any reason.

In addition to having your art listed on the artist's page, many listings will also be featured in our photo rotations located throughout the website. Select listings will be featured in our daily targeted email campaigns. Art Brokerage will contact you with all reasonable offers, initially via email and in some circumstances via telephone. When we recieve an offer you will be notified via email. The email will give you a link to your account where you may log on to view your messages regarding your listing. You will need to use the forms provided on these pages to communicate with us about your listing. Please be sure to keep your contact information up to date if you have art listed with us. It is important that we can contact you when we have an offer for your art, so please check your emails and keep your contact info current. Add Art Brokerage to your inbox if you have a spam blocker. For the term that your art is listed you will receive a monthly email from us which allows you to review your listings.

Please refer to our shipping guide to safely pack and ship your art. Every circumstance is unique, but in most cases we will assist you in shipping the art directly to the buyer after we have collected their funds. Occassionally, we recommend you ship the art to us for inspection prior to shipping to the buyer, which sometimes incurs an additional freight charge. Art Brokerage will release payment to the seller when the buyer inspects and approves the artwork.

The seller is always responsible for all packing/crating costs (including shipping or delivering the art to a professional crater if necessary). The buyer is always responsible for all shipping costs and international import fees or VAT (Value Added Tariffs). We ship to over 220 countries and territories.

Art Brokerage deals in Post War and Contemporary Art, originals, prints and multiples and 20th Century Old Masters.

Our principals have 50 years combined experience in the art business and our site has 13 years on the internet. We have owned and administrated five galleries, published artists in both sculpture and print editions, curated private and corporate collections and have sold more than 200 million dollars in artwork. When a transaction over $25,000 has been formalized, we will provide bank, attorney, trade and client references if necessary.

1. How much does it cost to place a classified ad with Art Brokerage?
Listings are FREE. There is a commission due only when the art sells. The commission is 20% on all sales above $5,000, and 25% on all sales below $5,000. The commission is automatically added to your net asking price when you enter or edit your listing.

2. How long is my listing up? Is there a minimum listing term? What does it cost if I cancel my listing?
Listings are free, there is a 90 day minimum term for an exclusive listing on our site. Exclusive listing means not listing your artwork with any other galleries, dealers, or internet sites, including ebay during this 90 day period . You may cancel your listings at any time without penalty however we do ask that you list with the intent to sell. Please notify us if you have sold your art so we can remove your listing.

3. How do I take a quality photo? What are Art Brokerage's photo requirements?
Quality photos sell art, period. Please read through our Photo Guide to make sure your classified listing has quality photos.

4. How do I edit my listing once its been approved? can I change the price? can I upload new photos?
You may edit your listings at any time by logging in and clicking on the MANAGE MY EXISTING LISTINGS link in your member control panel. When you make a change to your listing it will temporarily be taken off the site until our staff can review your changes.

5. How do I cancel my listing?
You may cancel your listings at any time, after 90 days, by logging in and clicking on the MANAGE MY EXISTING LISTINGS link. In some cases we will leave your listing on the site marked as SOLD. We do this to generate more hits in the search engines.

6. How can I tell how many people have viewed my listing? How many inquiries have there been?
Art Brokerage is currently working on a system to monitor hits per listing. Anytime there is a serious inquiry we will contact you either by phone or email. This system will be funtioning by September.

7. My art has been listed for some time and there has been little interest, what can I do?
You may want to consider adjusting your net price . You may also request your listing to be marked as OBO (OR BEST OFFER), MUST SELL or MAKE OFFER, which will make them stand out more on our listing pages. Generally, a seller will consider any reasonable offer.

8. How do I safely ship and pack my art once its sold? Who pays for the shipping/packing?
Please read the Shipping Guide for complete instructions. The seller is responsible for packing/crating costs (including shipping or delivering the art to a professional crater if needed), the buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Staff will assist with each shipping transaction.

9. I sold and shipped my art, what happens now? when do I get paid?
When your art has been shipped to the buyer, the buyer must approve the art before Art Brokerage will release payment. Seller's will be paid within 3 days of approval via check or wire transfer.

10. I'm not sure how much my art is worth, can Art Brokerage help me formulate an asking price?
It is important to understand, that for legal reasons , Art Brokerage does not assist with pricing. Please do not email us asking for assistance with pricing. For more information on pricing your art please read our Pricing Guide, a guide which helps you find the appropriate resources to accurately price the work you are listing.

11. I want to list my art with Art Brokerage but my artist is not listed? How do I add an artist?
Art Brokerage currently accepts listings from more than 1000 artists. If your artist is not in our database please email the artist's full name, the title of the piece, your net asking price, a short biography, and a quality photo to thomas@artbrokerage.com. We will consider adding the artist to our database.Please note, Art Brokerage is not in the business of promoting emerging or new artists. We are a secondary market site. Artists without a secondary market presence will not be listed.

12. Why do I see listing under $3,000 on the site if you say you will not approve any listings under $3,000? Recently, Art Brokerage has changed it's minimum value listing policy but we continue to honor our existing clients and give exception to those clients that we have long-term relationships with and we have many such clients. As a company dealing with fine artworks for nearly 25 years we have acquired our own inventory which we also list on our site. Some of these works are valued at under $3,000

In the last year Art Brokerage has handled many transactions over $100,000 and up to $1,000,000. YES! High end artwork is now being sold via the internet. At this level it becomes highly personal. We are available for curating and liquidating personal and corporate collections.

We will do everything for you except determine the value of your art. Art Brokerage will handle the entire transaction and assist you with shipping. We act as the escrow for the art and collect the funds before we have asked you to ship the art. Art Brokerage will provide bank and client references when a sale has been consummated. We do not provide references to people who have not registered their artwork with our website.

Art Brokerage does not have the staff to assist with pricing. Please remember it is not up to us to determine the value of your art. We are not appraisers. It is our goal to sell your art. This policy is in place because if we price the art too high and it does not sell the sellers get upset. If we price it too low and it sells too quickly the seller will think we priced it too low. This creates a conflict of interest for us. For more information please read through our pricing guide.

Art Brokerage will allow you to list your art for free but we ask that you be willing to sell your art at fair market value, and not at retail gallery prices. Realistic pricing is what makes our site the number one fine art classifieds site on the web.

There is a 20% commission on all sales above our minimum of $5,000. Anything priced below $5,000 will be sold with a 25% commission. We do not accept listings with a fair market asking price below $3,000. Art Brokerage has 50 years experience in the art business and 13 years with a web presence.

Any person who knowingly and willfully lists any fraudulent artwork will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

For technical listing support with any of our site features please email thomas@artbrokerage.com
If you have art you wish to sell and have related questions please contact artsales@artbrokerage.com