Art BrokerageReviews of artbrokerage.com

Your response contains several statements about me that are simply not accurate. I never apologized to you, and I never refused to provide a Park West invoice or appraisal. The only issue regarding documentation was that I initially failed to include a COA with one listing, and when that was brought to my attention, I added the requested information and photograph. I also do not sell only Park West artwork, nor am I a “cruise ship seller.” I purchase artwork from a variety of sources. My concerns were about your inconsistent treatment of my listings. I submitted an original KEF! mixed-media work and was repeatedly told my listing price was too high and I submitted an adjusted price on 3 occasions down to a $9,000 asking price that was still too high for you. As well another Kef! original a little smaller for $7700 and you guessed it still flagged too high. What is sad you have an ad asking for Kef! paintings, and you have some Serigraphs (prints) listed at $3300. I also submitted an original Michael Godard mixed-media work at $7,700 and was told that price was too high, despite your site having another same-size Godard mixed-media work listed within a couple hundred of mine. I questioned that discrepancy, which is when the communication became increasingly unpleasant. I also a few months prior, attempted to purchase a Godard butterfly original that was advertised on your site for approximately $2,800. After I offered to purchase it, I was told that the artwork had been priced incorrectly and could not be sold at that price. These are the experiences behind my review. You are certainly entitled to your opinions about the secondary art market, and I am entitled to question pricing advice when I see apparent inconsistencies. What I object to is responding to a customer's criticism with personal attacks and statements about events that I say did not occur. I encourage potential customers to read both sides and make their own decision. As for Park West, I have bought from them, and enjoyed the experiences, and they have the right to charge whatever they want. You can say no, or just not buy. As for my inexperience you say, you don’t know me, but from other reviews you have, I really wouldn’t throw stones. And the comment about champagne indulged cruise ship buyer from Park West, it shows your true lack of decency towards that company, and art collectors out there. As in my true opinion, you are a company and have every right to make profit, but you truly have no right to question anyone’s experience that you don’t know, nor question what they may value their art. Advice is one thing, rude behavior, and attitude is another. And to bash another company shows the lengths you go to. Sad really.

So, I’ll limit my review to Robbie Reddy. The seller prices are generally okay, but then we get to shipping and insurance. I have evidence of each subsequent statement: (1) I was quoted $650 for shipping. Most reputable brokers/seller include shipping in the base cost. Okay, not this time, but see item (2), (2) shipping I was quoted as “freight”. Freight is bulk shipping. Amazon isn’t bulk shipping. Bulk shipping can take months and is the lowest (or near lowest) shipping class; (3) they say professionally packed, but won’t say what that means or by whom. And how does that pecking align with freight shipping? (4) the website says insurance is in the purchase price, yet Robbie says that is an extra charge. Art seems great, but with all the issues with Robbie, do I trust the listing? This may be a salesperson seeing a way to make extra on the side, or an incompetent person. I want to buy, but there’s no trust.

WARNING TO ALL ART COLLECTORS: Donna Rose is a Fraud and a Manipulator!Do not trust Donna Rose or her services at Art Brokerage. She is an absolute impostor and a liar who uses disgusting gaslighting tactics to bully and harass private collectors into artificially devaluing their museum-quality artwork just so she can score a quick corporate commission.I have corporate, black-and-white proof of her illegal double standards and market manipulation:Explicit Misrepresentation and Fraud: She actively tries to rename authenticated pieces to confuse sellers. She tried to tell me a premium artwork was a common, lower-tier model. However, I hold the original publisher’s catalog from David Lawrence Editions proving her entirely wrong. Altering catalog titles to manipulate prices is a direct violation of Florida commercial fraud laws.Disgusting Double Standards: Donna Rose is currently listing a common piece on her platform for $4,900 that originally retailed for only $400 back in 1985. Yet, when I tried to list a certified, ultra-rare Monocast (Edition 3 of only 50) that officially retailed as a top-tier piece for $1,300 in 1985, she harassed me for 10 straight days, blocking my listing and claiming it wasn't worth my price of $4,500.Cowardly Behavior: The moment I exposed her lies by producing my original 1980s carbon-copy invoices from David Editions (Malibu, CA) and certificates from Soho Editions, she couldn't face the truth. Instead of admitting her malpractice, she cowardly blocked my account to hide her deceptive corporate games.She does not care about art, history, or the law. She only cares about manipulating innocent sellers into giving up rare treasures for pennies so she can flip them for massive hidden markups.If you have authentic estate art with bulletproof provenance, stay far away from this crook. Take your business to honest, live galleries and fine art dealers who actually respect the law and true collectors. Donna Rose is a complete scam artist!

They do not even work on your listings, all they are good for is to ask you to lower your prices, which i did and some by 50%, yet they kept their mark-up in some of my listed artworks, of which i have 6 listed the mark up on some was between 150-200%. i Have written to them and the last 3 times i have not had a response....huge scammers, don,t know why people continue to do business with them

These guys are unprofessional and uninformed, and I would advise you not to list on their website. I've been an antique dealer for 25 years. And sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of paintings. These guys don't know.The difference between an oil on canvas and a print. They will try to scam you by telling you that your oil on canvas is actually a print and then try to make you list it for less. So then they can defraud you and buy it for less, which is completely illegal. It's illegal and completely fraud is if they don't have the ability to assess what an oil on campus is or A print is then they shouldn't be in this business because they're committing fraud, trying to defraud people who own art into devaluing their products

As with anyone who has collected fine art, we do it to support the culture and love of art. After collecting and investing over time, I became educated that in order for any Artist to be able to produce their works, they must have investors willing to purchase their time to produce such works of art. Equally, in order for those chosen Artists who are successful creating desired art, investors must support their journey. Without willing and able investors, how else would artist receive the support necessary to create art, which in turn enables the public at large access to the cultural experience of the opportunity of owning, if not viewing art of our choosing. How would we be able to visit museums and galleries, and ultimately collect fine art, if it were not for those who invest and support in the artist? So, in essence, the Artist's success is established by a business model that typically originates with displaying their work in a Gallery who is willing to represent their work. As their work is made available for viewing, they may equally produce pieces of work for individuals, if their contract terms permit. But without Gallerys and Musuems for those of us who admire fine art to view works of Art, how would the fine art world survive? Speaking as a collector over a period of decades, there is not a day that I take for granted the beauty of the art that resides on my walls. It has been a passion of my life. Have ultimately found lifelong friends that share this passion as well. What then happens as we age, and we must downsize our footprint and find a future place for our art? Perhaps we can donate it or pass it to special loved ones. If we are in a position that we need to consider resale, what stewards are out there that will, most importantly, manage that resale in the manner in which fine art should be treated to respect its value and the investment that the collector committed to support the art culture that allows artists to exist? I read a review of a fellow collector who stated they encountered significant medical costs and attempted to resale their fine art collection and how ArtBrokerage.com treated their imminently, unfortunate circumstances and I found it most concerning. I inquired myself with Art Brokerage.com to better understand how they are managing their fees and appraisals of fine art resale. I submitted 3 original fine art pieces for their review, with a genuine interest to work with them, given their apparent volume of the resale of fine art. I was stunned at their immediate justification of why they ultimately net a value of return to the seller @ 25%! They claim this is what the market is willing to pay, when in fact, it is format in which they chose to create. Equally, they stated, "WE DO NOT PAY GALLERY PRICES" for your art. YET, they want, require the seller to provide an appraisal and a Certificate of Authenticity. Again, so they can then use their standard model to define that the piece is worth 50% or less of the value, and they take 20-25% off of the valued appraisal and COA that the seller provided. Which by the way, the seller, as an investor of the art, paid for this service when they purchased the art. I have given a good bit of reflection on this apparent business model of ArtBrokerage.com. They do not staff appraisers but instead claim themselves to be appraisers of fine art while promptly and conveniently justifying their opinion, based on the SELLER PROVIDED APPRAISAL. THEY require the seller provide an appraisal and COA! This is obviously for their benefit to have the valued documents that the seller paid for because they do NOT know value, nor invest in validating value. Instead, they then devalue the work, based on the seller provided documents, so they can quickly resale it with little to no investment in the process. Yet, they claim they are experienced! OBVIOUSLY experienced at SCAMMING off of the investments of sellers who purchased through educated, legitimate fine art distributors. I appreciate that buyers are looking for deals and will go wherever they can find them. But as STEWARDS of investing in fine art, should we be supporting business entities like ArtBrokerage.com, who clearly ARE DRIVING down the value of fine art so they can make a (significant) quick buck? You be the judge, but I think it is a very sad state of affairs when fine art is treated in such a poor manner. Should this model continue its "QUICK BUCK" success, what Artist will survive such disrespect of their work? As a collector of fine art, I challenge everyone to give some thoughtful consideration to the culture of fine art and please consider reputable sources when purchasing. Not only for the preservation of fine art, but for the integrity that should exist in collecting and maintaining the value of fine art. My best to all!

I listed a print for quite a few months so ultimately lowered my net price. They left the sale price the same even though I reduced my price by 33%. I asked them to fix this many times using many formats. Heard nothing so cancelled my listing. Was quite concerned that no one responded to me.

Wow What an answer from this disgusting company They say they do not deserve a BAD REVIEW because I disagree with their pricing policy??? Well how abut the fact that the owner Donna Rose made a comment "Deal with this As_Hole" because I simply pointed out as a very advanced collector and spouse of a former gallery owner that I was offered 2x the price she agreed to list the piece for??? How about the fact that she, Donna Rose made such a disgusting and libelous comment for a reason that multiple other pieces by the same artist by inferior athletes were listed for thousands more than what she wanted to list my piece for??? How about the fact that when I attempted to cancel my other listed piece and told her to stop sending me solicitations on 4 separate occasions and had to file a BBB complaint she didnt do it and made excuses until she was threatened legally??? Then she has the nerve to say I didnt have the right to post a bad review??? Wow!!!!! Run as fast as you can and stay away from this company If I could give negative 10 stars I would