An international art advisory company offering comprehensive services for buying & selling fine art.
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Who we are
What We Offer
Our experience and expertise from over 35 years in the art market, especially negotiating and completing deals.
Who We Work With
Our specialists have wide-ranging experience working with both new and established collectors.
Paul CézanneNature Mortec.1890
Advised a US collector when acquiring at auction.
Our Values
We are committed to protecting our clients’ best interests and only charge if a transaction is completed.
New to investing in fine art?
Based in New York, with an office in London and a global reach, we offer expert art advisory services tailored to your taste, experience and requirements.
We advise on works from $20,000 to $20 million.
Contact us for a complimentary consultation and browse our client stories to learn more. Our fees are surprisingly reasonable.
All artworks featured on this website were
purchased or sold through Fine Art Brokers.
A Selection of Artworks acquired for clients or brokered by Fine Art Brokers since 2021.
Contact us for a free consultation about buying or selling art: info@fineartbrokers.com
Purchased for a client at auction.
Trusted industry leaders for more than 35 years.
Fine Art Brokers, the art advisory and art brokerage firm, was founded in London in 1966 by experienced art market specialist, Ray Waterhouse, aided at the time by Jonathan Dodd. Ray now leads the excellent team from the New York head office, with expertise covering European and American art from 1860 to the present day.
Buying Art
We work with clients in different ways according to their knowledge, taste and budget. For all clients we use our global network to source art, then we provide market reports, make recommendations based on our knowledge of the market and our client’s taste and help negotiate purchases.
This acquisition shows how we can access paintings which clients would not know about or have access to. A client was looking for a great Scott and when we found this in a private collection, we arranged a viewing in a neutral location to protect both the buyer’s and seller’s anonymity. After brokering the price, we hung the painting in his home. Since the purchase in 2009, it has more than doubled in value.
Selling Art
Whether you are looking to sell a single work of art or an entire collection, Fine Art Brokers provides expert guidance through all the various selling options. We advise on beneficial timing and potential proceeds and always guard our clients’ best interests.
A French client inherited this wonderful Gericault from his grandmother. He wanted a private sale rather than auction which we managed within two months. We helped establish that this painting was the original version and that the one in the Musee du Louvre in Paris was a replica. In collaboration with a private dealer in New York, we sold the painting to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Auction
Services
We can access, explain and navigate the world of art auctions for you. Auctions can sometimes be daunting – the number of works on view, the conflicting estimates, the lack of guarantees, the terminology and of course the bidding. Fine Art Brokers can help you find, research and bid with confidence in auctions.
We advised a private client on the purchase of this piece in London in 2000 and, after bidding successfully, arranged the delivery to New York. After our client’s passing in 2013, we helped broker the painting on behalf of the estate. Since 2000, the value has increased fourfold.
Collection Management
We provide strategic services for planning, curating and budgeting when building and owning a collection. We also offer guidance on insurance and logistics and are pro-active in suggesting favorable times to deaccession.
Estates & Fiduciaries
We work closely with trusts, estates and fiduciaries to arrange valuations, discuss and orchestrate private sales and negotiate with auction houses. It is important to have an in-depth understanding of the market and sales process when consigning estates to auction.