NORMAN ROCKWELL
Homecoming Marine
An American collector asked us to advise on 6 paintings at a New York auction in June 2006. We viewed the sale and after our advice he dismissed 2, and we then gave him art market reports on the others with our recommendations for a bidding strategy. We were lucky to get all 4 including this wonderful Rockwell, which sold near our top bid. We have since arranged for a new period frame and delivery and hanging.




EDGAR DEGAS
Three Dancers in the Wings
We travelled to Japan especially to view this painting on behalf of a client, which was part of a private collection. Our all-inclusive commission was just 5%. This painting has proved a great investment: it has doubled in value within 4 years. It was chosen for the 2003 exhibition ‘Degas and the Dance’ in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Detroit Institute of Arts.

Fine Art Brokers is one of the world’s leading art advisory companies, with offices in London, New York and Paris. For 12 years we have been advising clients on buying and selling works of art at all price levels - from $10,000 to $15 million.

Our comprehensive services for new and existing collectors include:

•      Confidential, expert and objective advice when buying and selling
•      Planning and budgeting a collection
•      Global sourcing, valuing and negotiating
•      Expertise, arranging authentications, and curating collections
•      Art market reports on results and trends
•      Personal and friendly service from 7 advisers in 3 countries

Fine Art Brokers offers a new approach to collectors. We understand how both new and experienced collectors need individual help with sourcing, buying and selling art.

In short, our seven principals in three countries guide clients through the minefields of many different art markets by sharing our inside knowledge, our contacts, our trained eyes and a combined 105 years’ worth of experience.

Commissions are only charged on completed transactions, and is money well spent as we save our clients time and help prevent them from making costly mistakes by recommending the right paintings. We also help owners maximise their investment when selling.

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HENRI MATISSE
           Danseuse dans le fauteuil 
Purchased with Fine Art Brokers advice in 2000 for $7.5 million and sold with Fine Art Brokers advice for $21.7 million in 2007. We advised a client on the purchase of this 1942 masterpiece. Our client never saw the original painting before it arrived in his US residence – we were his eyes, and provided full condition and market reports and arranged the export license, shipping and delivery, all within our standard commission. We then strongly urged him to sell at the right time, and it made a world record for Matisse in July 2007.


 
PAUL EMSLEY
Marlin
We were introduced to a client of Merrill Lynch after we gave a talk at the bank’s London premises on collecting and investing in art. Over a period of months we spoke with him on many occasions about what to collect, and his first purchase was this spectacular work by a contemporary British artist. Our explanations about quality, market value and investment potential gave our new client the confidence to go ahead, and we are now working on further acquisitions.