The SoldSnap Journal
The practical side: what an item is actually worth, how to photograph it so it can be valued from images, and what reaches your account once every fee has been taken out. Written for people who need to act on a number rather than admire it, with the channel and fee differences between the US, Europe and the Middle East set out where they change the decision.
Most of the value in a picture comes from three questions: is it an original, who made it, and what has that artist’s work sold for recently. The back of the frame often answers more than the front.
SoldSnap Editorial Team4 min read
The question has four different answers, and the gap between them is wider than most people expect. Which number you need depends entirely on what you plan to do next.
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A good photograph settles most valuations. A bad one wastes everybody’s time and produces a range so wide it is useless. The difference is four frames and about ten minutes.
SoldSnap6 min read
A marketplace quotes a fee, an auction house quotes a rate and then adds charges you did not ask about. Here is the arithmetic, and when each channel actually wins.
SoldSnap6 min read