Additional Services
In certain situations we may not be the right outlet for a specific piece of fine artwork. Given our experience of consigning and selling major art pieces through various auction companies in New York and London we can be hired at an hourly rate or on a percentage basis to assist you in securing the best consignment rate and outlet for the sale of your specific item. We have handled the sale of items to various galleries, museums, historical societies and institutions as well.
Available services include:
Real Estate Staging
Real estate staging is available to individuals and real estate agents for both residential and commercial properties. We can facilitate the design and layout of furniture, artwork and accessories for real estate staging.
This can include property cleanup, landscape design, interior and exterior painting, furniture installation or setup for real estate photography / showings.
Store & Business Liquidation
Contents of an antique store liquidation we handled in Scarsdale, NY
We can help to arrange the liquidation of lifetime collections and store inventories. Over the years we have arranged the selling of full business inventories of jewelry stores, antique stores and home goods / design businesses in New York and Connecticut.
Fine Art Pieces Placed with Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Heritage Auction Companies
We can be hired to catalog and manage an in person or online auction operated for your charity or not-for-profit institution. Please contact us to discuss your project and we will assemble a proposal specific to your group’s needs.
We offer a zero percent consignment rate for all museums, historical societies and registered charities for items consigned directly to us for our regularly scheduled cataloged auctions as well.
Fine Art Placement & Advising
Original Work by
Carl Ostersetzer
(1850 - 1914)
We offer collection consulting for the purchase of fine art and jewelry. This advisory service is for private collectors, corporations and institutions. This service includes sourcing pieces, authentication of artwork and jewelry, analysis of comparable pieces sold past and present for price trends as well as the facilitation of elements such as art handling, framing, packing / moving, delivery, installation, obtaining insurance appraisals etc.
Original Work by
Sigmund (Zygmunt) Joseph Menkes
(1896-1986)
We can be hired to complete fair market evaluations of individual items, entire specialty collections or full households for the purpose of valuing and possibly selling your items. We have experience working with attorneys, estate executors, families, collectors, dealers and private individuals in researching and cataloging collections for estate purposes or valuation for distribution. This service can be billed by item, hourly or on a per project basis depending on your situation. References are available on request.
Fair Market Evaluations & Consulting
In-person and Online Auctions
We can be hired to edit your company’s online auction catalogs prior to their publication to increase your SEO. In having written over 400 auction catalogs and having sold many thousands of items via various online retail platforms we have an extensive knowledge base and immense vocabulary of numerous American, European and Asian styles as well as makers of furniture and decorative objects, time periods specific to country of origin, artists and artisans.
In having written over 250,000 item descriptions our knowledge base is diverse and comprehensive so we have experience recognizing and identifying various types of materials including but not limited to specimen woods, various marbles, minerals and gemstones, types of porcelains / crystal and glass including their decoration, precious and non precious metals.