We represent your side of the transaction — valuing, negotiating and placing art across the world's salerooms.
Fifteen years placing contemporary, modernist and photographic art — alongside major street artists such as Banksy — with the right saleroom, at the right moment.
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We model your options across international and regional salerooms — estimate, timing, settlement period and every associated fee — then negotiate reduced seller's rates on your behalf. All paperwork and remittance stays in your name.
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Buying at auction, from dealers, from other collectors or direct from the artist. We negotiate on your behalf, verify what you are being offered, and reduce the risk attached to purchases found through informal channels.
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A selection of works available directly, across all six categories we cover. Everything is offered price on request — tell us what interests you and we will come back with condition, provenance and terms.
Work from 1945 to now — the most actively traded category at auction, and the one where estimates move fastest.
Early- and mid-twentieth-century painting and sculpture, where condition and exhibition history carry unusual weight.
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, a market that rewards impeccable provenance above almost everything else.
Pre-1800 painting and works on paper, where attribution and scholarship determine value more than fashion.
Vintage and contemporary photography, where print date, edition and printer matter as much as the image.
Banksy and the wider urban contemporary market, where authentication paperwork is often half the value.
In 2021, the fastest money in art was made on paintings that were barely dry. Five years later, the average ultra-contemporary work sells at auction for $15,629 — a decade low, and 72.4% below its 2021 peak. Over the same stretch, Christie’s took $183 million on paintings made before 1850, a 232% year-on-year jump.
Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips took a combined $6.77bn in the first half, the strongest six months since 2022. Here is what the recovery changes for consignors.
Whitebank Fine Art is a London art advisory and gallery. We reply to every enquiry, and a valuation carries no obligation to proceed.