Brokerage · Search mandate

Works we are asked forCollectors are searching – we broker

We bring owners and collectors together. We do not buy for our own account, never act as the opposing party, and earn only once a work has found the right place.

Brokerage only · Fee on success
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Background: Caravaggio, «Bacchus» (detail) · public domain

Fields in which we broker

These are the fields we know and have a network for. A work outside the list is not excluded – show it to us.
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Italian Baroque & Caravaggisti

Wanted
17th-century paintings, oil on canvas or copper. Circle, workshop and follower works welcome.
Also
Works needing restoration or with uncertain attribution are not excluded.
Assessmenton request
Offer a work
II
open

Early Netherlandish & Flemish panels

Wanted
15th to 17th century, oil on panel. Devotional works, portraits, cabinet pieces.
Also
Fragments and cradled panels considered where the paint layer is sound.
Assessmenton request
Offer a work
III
open

Swiss 19th-century painting

Wanted
Alpine landscape and genre: Calame, Diday, Zünd, Anker and their circles.
Also
Particularly sought: Ticino and Grisons subjects, works from family estates.
Assessmenton request
Offer a work
IV
open

Italian vedute, 18th and 19th century

Wanted
Venice, Rome, Naples and the bay. Oil and gouache, including Grand Tour souvenirs.
Also
Series and pendants welcome; period frames an advantage.
Assessmenton request
Offer a work
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open

Portraiture of the 17th and 18th century

Wanted
England, France, the Netherlands. State portraits and three-quarter lengths.
Also
Identified sitters and old collection labels increase our interest.
Assessmenton request
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VI
open

Classical modern works on paper

Wanted
Impressionism to 1940: drawings, watercolours, signed prints in small editions.
Also
Catalogue raisonné number or estate stamp welcome but not required.
Assessmenton request
Offer a work

Where we stand

Four points we put on the table before any conversation.

No dealing on own account

We neither buy for our own account nor bid on works we broker. No conflict of interest with the price you achieve.

No upfront costs

No listing, catalogue, photography or inspection fees. Whoever charges in advance earns from consignment rather than from selling.

Fee on success only

The fee is by agreement and recorded in writing before we act, as is who owes it. Acting for both sides only with the express consent of both.

Discretion

Neither work nor name appears publicly without your consent. You remain the owner until you sell.

How a brokerage proceeds

Four steps. No cost to you until completion.
1

Brief details

Send artist, subject, dimensions and two or three photographs. That is enough for a first look.

2

First assessment

Within a few days you hear whether there is demand and in what range – including when we decline.

3

Examination & range

Condition, attribution and provenance are reviewed, with external expertise where needed. You set the reserve.

4

Brokerage & closing

We approach suitable collectors and accompany the negotiation. The sale is between you and the buyer; the purchase price passes directly between the parties, never through us. Our fee falls due only afterwards.

Why brokerage only? If we bought the work ourselves, our profit would be your margin – every franc less for you would be one more for us. As a broker we earn only when you sell, and better the higher the price. In return you carry the wait for the right buyer; we tell you honestly how long that usually takes.

Offer a work for brokerage

Confidential and without obligation. Please do not attach documents yet – photographs and papers are sent encrypted after our reply.

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Photographs and papers

Send images only after our reply. Identity documents, receipts and expert reports go end-to-end encrypted via Tresorit – not by e-mail.

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What makes a good enquiry
  • Full view, square-on and in daylight
  • Close-up of the signature
  • Reverse with labels and stamps
  • Frame and any visible damage

Your search mandate

Looking for a particular work or group of works? We keep watch, approach owners discreetly and contact you only when something fitting appears.


How we search
  • Direct approach to owners and estates
  • Previewing international auctions
  • Network of restorers and experts

The search mandate is free and non-binding. You commit neither to us nor to any particular work.

Before you decide

Three short texts answering the most common questions – without your having to write to us.