Selling a Picasso

Picasso is the bestselling artist of all artists, alive and gone.

Once in a while there is a year when some other artist sells more, because one artwork sold for a huge record price that year. If you look at Picasso sales over 10 or 20 years however, you will see that more years than not, he outsells everyone else.

Perhaps you have grown tired of your Picasso and would like to sell it too.

Of course you can do it yourself, if you have lots of free time, patience and don’t get frustrated no matter what.

Some of the things you will need to consider are:

• When to sell?
• Where to sell?
• How to sell?
• How much to sell for?
• Who pays for packing?
• Who pays for insurance?
• Who pays for shipping?
• What should the bill of sale say?
• Do you have a written description and history of the painting?
• Do you have a condition report?
• Do you have professional photos?
• Do you have authentication documents?
• Where can the buyer examine the painting?
• When and how will payment be made?

Perhaps you just need some tips, some advice, and we will be happy to provide them free of charge.

Maybe you could use a little help, such as for writing an appealing history of your Picasso and a good description. Here also we could assist you.

If, however, you are busy, you are active, you are already short of time, or simply have no interest in learning how to sell a Picasso, we offer full brokerage services. In this case we handle everything for you, from authenticating to appraising to selling.

Send us some photos, the dimensions and tell us where we could examine the painting. We respond promptly.