ARTES Fine Instruments Auctions starting 2016
Important message:
Since the Corona pandemic, we no longer offer auctions. Please contact us if you have a large collection of instruments and would like to sell them.
ARTES FINE AUCTIONS STARTED:
A short validation for customers free of charge per e-mail (for violins, violas, cellos and bows) now (Pictures have to be in a decent quality).
THE MARKET
The market for string instruments became global, the seller and buyer are often thousands of kilometers apart from each other and the number of transactions via internet auction is increasing. Each year string instruments of a value of ca. 90-100 million Euros are being sold at auctions. Sellers are musicians, collectors, investors and others who more of less by chance get into the possession of a valuable instrument. Buyers include investment funds (mostly Asian or Northern European), collectors, investors, benefactors and musicians. We are approaching musicians and their benefactors on one hand and collectors and private investors on the other. Our team is currently in contact with potential clients.
OUR ASSIGNMENT
We want to offer lower provisions to sellers and buyers as well as information of the highest quality to enable a long distance purchase at a best possible price so that we not only approach collectors and investors but also more musicians and their benefactors.
OUR GOALS
OUR DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO THE COMPETITORS
Lower commissions (0% for the seller and 8% to 12% instead of 18% to 20% for the buyer)
Majority of the instruments ready to play.
Audio samples to provide more information to the musicians.
Offer for set up, repair, restoration of the instruments prior to the sale (costs for the seller), on request of the seller.
An effective customer care and attractive shipping costs.
360 degree HD pictures (possibility to see a maximum of details) with inner view and detailed measurements.