Auction & Pre-Sale Valuation of Acrylic Paintings

Why a second opinion matters before consignment

When an auction house issues a pre-sale estimate for an acrylic painting, the estimate reflects the house's view of where the work should sell — informed by recent sales, current cataloguing strategy, and the house's reserve-setting practices. It is not necessarily the same as the work's fair market value, and it is rarely the same as the consignor's reserve-price expectation. A2Z Valuers issues independent pre-auction valuations that give the consignor a defensible view of the work's market value before the consignment terms are negotiated.

Where the consigning house is Saffronart, AstaGuru, Pundole's, DAG, Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams or Phillips, our valuation references that same house's recent published sales as primary comparables — supplemented by sales from the other major houses for cross-reference. The consignor walks into the consignment conversation knowing what the work is independently worth, not just what the house thinks it can sell it for.