How To Buy Ancient Art

Unless you are already connected to an established art gallery that acquires artifacts and antiquities directly from estates and collections, it could be quite difficult to lay your hands on the ancient art that you desire. Here’s a quick step by step to make it happen.

Preliminary research

Have a good idea of what kind of ancient art you’d like to collect, whether from ancient Greece or perhaps the pre-Columbian worlds, or whether glass, stone, metal, pottery, or another form. Read coffee table books as well as high-quality internet resources.


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Catalog research

Refer to auction catalogs to get critical information on what have been available for sale and how much people have paid for them. There are plenty of auction companies that handle ancient art, and with their help you can assess quality of art, item condition, provenance, and related factors.

Establish a budget

Your budget should be entirely up to you, but there are investment experts who advise not putting more than 10 percent of your assets into art. Ancient art has appreciated in value but you will still incur selling costs to liquidate it.


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Find a dealer

Work with a legitimate, credible gallery that acquires directly from estates and collections, and provide lifetime certificate of authenticity and documentation regarding the artifact and culture.

A family-owned ancient art gallery,Sadigh Gallery in New York City specializes in the handling and selling of ancient art, artifacts, and coins from all over the world. Read more on this page.








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