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Selling Your Art Investment: Many people who pur- Your very own Art Collection: You can start with "Your
chase paintings don't sell them because they fell in Very Personal Once in a Lifetime Art Installation". A once
love with them. But a lot of paintings are auctioned be- in a lifetime opportunity. It is absolutely limited and
cause the owners believe the painting will fetch a good cannot be repeated or replicated. So here you go: It has
price. A fine art auction house will usually charge you all what it takes to enjoy the beauty of art combined
between 5% and 25% for the auction of your genuine with investment potential.
and valuable art piece. Fine art sold online fetches
If you have an interest in Art and did not get the last bid
much less on the do-it yourself internet auction sites. I
in an auction, you now can have the genuine next best
While it can provide huge returns and stability during art experience created by a master artist exclusively for
boom times, the value of art can quickly plummet you, performed on top of the solid foundation of a cen-
during periods of recession. To get the best out of fine tury old oil painting. You can own a 100-year-old piece
art investment, don't sell during recession. The art of art and experience the impression of the masterpiece
market should be considered a long-term investment. you always had the desire to enjoy and wanted to have
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Comparing Returns over the Long Term: Art investors
will always have to deal with uncertainty. As far as the
investment goes, the value is in the resale value. Let's Buy only
take Vincent van Gogh for example. The artist appar-
ently only sold one painting during his lifetime. Howev-
er, nearly 100 years later, one of his "Sunflowers,"
which he painted, was sold at auction for almost one Art creates conversations and encourages people to
million dollars. Investors can learn more by looking at think. Always purchase art that you like, as it will likely
prices on auction houses and online databases like remain in your home or office for many years.
ARTNET. Popular art is heavily influenced by what sells. Make sure you love the artwork you purchase.