Independent Art Advisor
in New York & Los Angeles
Dane Jensen is an expert in buying, selling and finding rare and important artworks from private estates, major auction houses, and leading international galleries.
Art Advisory Services
Dane advises clients through all phases of the art market cycle, beginning with how much your artworks are worth, identifying the best buying and selling strategies, as well as installation, logistics and conservation of your art collection. His bespoke services are guided by rigorous due diligence, discreet negotiation, and the highest standards of confidentiality.
As an independent art advisor and consultant, Dane represents only his clients’ interests when negotiating with all major auction houses including Christie’s, Sotheby's and Phillips Auctioneers. His network of key partners include the world's most important galleries such as David Zwirner, Gagosian, Hauser and Wirth and Pace Gallery, as well as art fairs on the global calendar like Art Basel, Frieze and TEFAF.
Buying Art: Curated Acquisitions
If you are planning on buying high-value artworks for your home, or acquiring art as an investment, you’ll get the benefit of Dane’s expertise in art market acquisition strategies, as well as his extensive network at major auction houses, galleries, and private collections. With Dane’s services you’re making smarter and better decisions in the long run that have a measurable impact on the quality of your acquisitions.
Selling Art: Curated Deaccessions
If you want to sell art, Dane advises you through a research-based approach, beginning with an accurate value of your artwork. From there, Dane designs a bespoke selling strategy that considers auctions, private sales, and gallery consignments, to identify the most effective way to sell your art, while managing risk and maximizing returns.
With expertise in Modern and Contemporary art, art history, and design, Dane synthesizes academia, curatorial thinking, sophisticated style and discerning market intelligence to advise collectors interested in building or divesting a collection.
Honesty, integrity and transparency are tenants of his advisory practice, ensuring that all transactions are professionally managed with the utmost of discretion.
His advisory practice, Dane Jensen Fine Art LLC, based in New York & Los Angeles, includes a client list of business leaders, celebrities, estates and established families who have or have the desire to retain high-level expertise in dealing with the many facets in the exciting and exclusive world of art and collectibles.
The Advantages
of an Independent
Art Advisor
An art advisor (sometimes referred to as an art consultant, art specialist or an appraiser) is an independent art expert who provides strategic and curatorial guidance to private collectors, corporate collections and estates.
If you’re looking to buy or sell artworks, an independent art advisor will provide you with these benefits:
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Gain insightful and correctly analyzed and interpreted data to assess quality as well as the current and long-term value of given opportunities.
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Identifying the most appropriate venues for sale whether private or public to acquire works of greater quality and increasing the efficiency and returns.
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Play on the whole field with comprehensive, well-researched acquisition and sales strategies that include bidding and selling at auction, galleries, and private sales.
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Providing impartial and analytical advice in navigating the complexities and demands of the decision-making in buying and selling (outside of bias-based advice from auction houses, galleries and dealers).
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What is the primary difference between buying from a dealer or auction house versus an advisor? An advisor will tell you what not to buy. Works with poor markets, condition, high asking prices or other challenges can be costly mistakes which are avoidable with the right advice.
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Developing a collection with sophisticated and dynamic selections that will last the test of time. Collection-build with a curator who will partner with you to create a livable, museum-quality collection.
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Having a trusted, experienced partner from inside the artworld to work for your interests in deal-making—a service that pays for itself.
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Valuable advice on making the right decisions on understanding and restoring works correctly to retail value and authenticity.
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Understanding how the curbing costs can dramatically affect the bottom line.
