We’ve put together 10 tips to help you decide what to do with your unwanted artwork. These tips are thoughts and questions everyone should consider before selling art on consignment. Here’s what you should know:

Art, ValueMicaëlaAugust 28, 2020consignment, selling art, auction, secondary market, contract, appraise, valuation, collector tips, art market, fine artComment

Ahhh...Banksy! Always shaking things up!

Banksy creates the improbable concept of the value of destruction: the "self-destructing" artwork. Does the artwork become a new artwork? Is it a performance? What determines new value?

Your comments are definitely welcome.

ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsOctober 6, 2018artwork, art, value, VARA, banksy, auction, sothebys, damageComment

The Art Collector’s Guide to Berlin

With an entire island devoted to museums, visitors can enjoy everything from Old Master paintings to natural history and street art, all on the same block.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJanuary 3, 2018collection, museum, gallery, art fair, auction, art styleComment

5 Rules for Acquiring Art at Auction

Treat art acquisitions as you would any other considerable purchase, with care.

Art, Value, HomeMicaëlaDecember 6, 2017auction, art style, value, advisorComment

What You Need to Know about the Emerging Art Market Right Now

Recent art-news headlines was filled with the anxiety-inducing headlines. But there's hope.

ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsDecember 3, 2016collection, art fair, auction, artist, valueComment

The Art Collector's Guide to Paris

City of love, city of light, Paris is a leader of culture, of romance and of art.

Art, LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsDecember 1, 2016Richard Rogers, Palais de Tokyo, Travel, design, museum, art fair, auction, artistComment

Christie's Expert guide: 7 tips for collecting Ancient Jewellery

Ancient jewellery styles are in vogue but, original pieces that can be thousands of years old are surprisingly affordable.

Lifestyle, ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsNovember 26, 2016Gold, collection, auction, jewelryComment

Best Wines to Collect (and Drink) This Season

Let's talk about what’s available to today’s auction-savvy wine lovers!

Lifestyle, ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsNovember 14, 2016Wine, collection, auction, advisorComment

Celebrity Collector Tommy Hilfiger Plays the Art Market

Who knew, the designer, Tommy Hilfiger, was a collector?

Value, ArtMicaela Contemporary ProjectsNovember 7, 2016collection, design, appraise, auction, artist, valueComment

Goodbye Carol Lawton

In memoriam to an obscure but talented artist, Carol Lawton.

Art, HomeMicaela Contemporary ProjectsOctober 22, 2016news, glass, appraise, women, auction, artistComment

How does one start an art collection?

How does one start an art collection? Thoughts on the answer seem to be a mixture of the serendipitous and the sublime. Collecting is a relationship with art discovered through persistence, and a developing love for the work itself. Just ask David Bowie.

Micaela Contemporary ProjectsOctober 5, 2016Harold Gilman, collection, news, art fair, auction, artist, art styleComment

Private Collection: Confessions of a First Time Art Collector, Edward Zeng

A meeting with collector Edward (Qiang) Zeng on May 12, two days after he made a splash with his purchase of Yves Klein's Untitled Blue Monochrome (IKB 108), at Christie's postwar and contemporary art evening sale.

LifestyleMicaela Contemporary ProjectsJune 2, 2016asset, collection, auction, artist, art style, valueComment

Why California Art Resales Will Never Be Significant

After decades of scattershot compliance with California’s Resale Royalty Act, the Ninth Circuit’s decision Tuesday upholding the law’s requirement that fine-art sellers pay visual artists royalties on California sales is likely to undercut the secondary art market in the Golden State, experts say.

Art, ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsMay 6, 2015auction, artist, value, advisorComment

One reason California will never be the art market force that is New York is the California Resale Royalty Law. Unfortunately.

Visual artists seeking royalties on resale of their works by Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to restore California’s Resale Royalties Act and revive their class actions, saying the statute doesn’t violate the federal Commerce Clause.

ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsDecember 17, 2014Royalties, art fair, auction, artist, valueComment

Sale of the Week: Murano Glass From Scarpa and Barovier at Quittenbaum

Creations by architect Carlo Scarpa and designs by Ercole Barovier are the main draw at the Murano Glass sale at Munich’s Quittenbaum on February 25.

ValueMicaela Contemporary ProjectsFebruary 19, 2014Vettorio Zecchin, Napoleone Martinuzzi, design, glass, auction, artistComment

Inspired. Beautiful Art + Value + Knowledge.