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How can I sell my painting? How much is my picture worth? Tell me about this artist. Can I get a print of this picture? Can I have permission to copy or license this picture?

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How can I sell my painting?

The places to sell are:

1. Auction Houses Christies East-New York, Bonhams-London, Sotheby's-London and Christie's-London have periodic auctions. If you send in a snapshot and some details about the picture they will let you know if they are interested and work with you to set a value.

2. Galleries
Click above for a reasonably complete listing of Galleries that sell marine art. Call a gallery and send them a picture and details. If interested, they will buy the picture outright or accept it on consignment.

Try an internet search. You might find a gallery that handles the artist.(note: keep the full name in quotes e.g., "montague dawson" )

3. An Internet Auction
Check out the Internet Auction page. A new and growing area.

How much is my picture worth?

Value depends on the specific picture: size, condition, subject, medium, artistic merit and artist.

1. Auction Houses will give you an estimate if you list your picture for auction. Most also provide an appraisal service(for a fee)

2.Marine art Galleries will often give you a rough estimate on the phone. An accurate estimate takes some work and a look at the picture. Some will ask for a fee to do the work.

3. An Appraiser
Check your yellow pages.

4. Internet auction results.
look in the Auction Results page of the Research section

5. Your local library or bookseller.
Ask for one of the many books that report auction results. One of the most popular is the Art Sales Index.

Tell me about this artist.

1. Start in your local library or bookseller. The first book to look at is:
The Dictionary of Sea Painters

E.H.H. Archibald
Antique Collectors Club, 2000

There are several other excellent reference books in the Marine pages of the Library

2. Try an internet search. If you are looking for John Doe:
Enter
+"John Doe" +art
in the Find this field(including the quotation marks). You can add more qualifying information if you desire. Precede the information with a plus sign like:
+ship
click search

3. Try a data base. Several of the more useful ones are listed in the Research Pages

4.Contact a museum. A local museum may have some knowledge.

5.Try an internet newsgroup. Look under antiques.

6.Try local marine art galleries

Can I get a print of this picture?

The short answer is " Not From Us!"

Try one of the internet sites selling quality Reproductions

Can I have permission to copy or license this picture?

The Marine Art Information Center cannot grant any kind of licensing arrangement for the use of the images featured on this site. All artworks are protected by international copyright laws (see our copyright notice ). In order to reproduce a specific image, you must first contact the owners of the artwork - in most cases this will be the museum or Gallery which owns the work of art.

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