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Pricing Original Contemporary and Modern Art Paintings

Pricing of contemporary original paintings is something really confusing. If you have a look at the present widest world wide database of oil paintings prices of different international artists whether for contemporary original oil paintings or for the old master's original oil paintings, you will find the reason why pricing original oil paintings needs experience and deep research

There are too many questions to ask when you want to evaluate an original oil painting, besides the the fact that the point of view of the artist is different than that of the art collector, and the estimation of an art gallery could be different from them both !.Beside all of that , the price itself for a specific paintings varies significantly according to the time and location of the painting on question.

The Artist Estimation Factors

* How much is the artist attached emotionally to his own original oil painting .

* How much time and effort did he spent to finish his original oil painting .

* At how much price does the artist think he can sell his oil painting according to his own estimation in his available market - and this may change signfically according to the fluctuation of that specific market and his changing ability to reach his customers.

The Art collector Estimation Factors

* The popularity of the artist of the painting .

* The availability of auction houses records of the artist's previous selling prices .

* The date of producing the original oil painting - the older the painting is ,the higher would be its price in condition that it is physically good.

* The art collector personal estimation to the painting price according to the selling market location and condition .With the help of Online resources a comparison of prices of other semilar oil paintings painted by other artists could help to recognize the rate of prices of that specific artist who produced the modern or contemporary painting

The Art Dealer Estimation Factors

* I do not think that there are a general rule regarding how each art gallery deals with pricing each artist's painting

For further information about Paintings Prices, check if a specific painting was or is available for sale by typing in the Google Search Bar the Names of the Artist and the painting in question

Khalda Hamouda Contemporary Middle Eastern paintings.

Last Update May 2025

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