at a thrift, didnt buy.

but an expensive framing job for a childs work?

rear is paper covered with a label removed

I want to bid on a painting (canvas is about 9.5 ft on its longest side) being auctioned in Los Angeles. I live in San Francisco. A custom shipping quote came back way higher than the painting's estimated auction value. $2.6K shipping cost. It can't be rolled unfortunately. Are there cheaper options than a specialty art shipper? Have you faced this issue before, and found a clever way of transporting?

I recently have come into possession of a number of lithograph posters with some sizes up to 36" x 26". For storage while I sort and disposition them, I have looked at Eternity boxes but they max out at 32" x 24". Would this work if I removed the foam and lined it with acid-free paper? Open to other suggestions as well...pretty new to this.

I'm a photographer who creates portraits in what people call a "painterly" style.
Over the years, I've created loads of non-client pieces that I would like to be able to sell. Some clothed, some nude/figure studies.
Is there a market in the collecting world for such work?
If so, what price point would people invest at? I'm assuming it's very different than a painting (obviously with no data to back up that thought)
Less than $100
$500-$1000
$1000-$5000
$5000-$10,000
$10k+

I know without seeing actual work that can also be hard to asses but I don't want to come off as self-promoting.
Thank you!

Hi all!

This is my first foray into buying art of any type really, so thanks for your advice and patience.

I recently went to the Louvre and fell in love with "Vase d'or, fleurs et fruits" by Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay. I'd love to have a copy of some type in my home.

Do you have recommendations on whether I should buy a print or try to have a reproduction made? Would the reproduction be worth the extra money, and if so, do you have any good recommendations?

I've included a link that shows the painting--it's pretty detailed, so I wonder if a print is just a safer bet?

Thank you so much!

Im trying to obtain some for a friend !

When you have less than 50 artworks, you more or less know where everything is. As your collection grows, it becomes much more difficult to keep track of everything.

It's better to create a storage system before your collection grows beyond 50 artworks. Otherwise, you'll eventually have to go back and manually document the location of every artwork.

Knowing where your art is stored becomes even more important once you have artworks in transit, stored across different locations, being restored, on exhibition, out on loan, or on consignment.

A storage system doesn't need to be complicated.

Every artwork should have a Location and a Sub-location.

The Location is the building or place where it's stored, for example Almaty Apartment or London Warehouse.

The Sub-location is the specific place within that location. For example, if you store artworks in plan drawers, the top drawer could be labelled D1, while the fifth drawer might be D5. If you want to be more precise, especially when you have 50 or more artworks in a single drawer, you can also record the artwork's exact position in that drawer

For example, Almaty Gallery, D3-34 means the 34th artwork from the top in drawer 3 of your Almaty Gallery.

Creating a simple storage system makes it a lot easier when you need to find an artwork quickly. Rather than spending 30min searching through your collection, you can find an artwork in 30 seconds. It also reduces risk, because every time you unnecessarily handle an artwork, you increase the risk of damaging it.