ART, COLLECTIBLES & AUCTION LAW

Our art, collectibles, and auction law attorneys advise clients on a wide array of legal issues facing artists, authors, collectors (both individuals and institutions), dealers, consignors, museums, and auction houses.

Our attorneys frequently draft and negotiate agreements including those regarding:

Consignments
Private dealer sales
Loans to institutions
All transactions relating to rare books and ephemera
Websites hosting and operating sales and auctions of art and collectibles
Sales, gifts, acquisitions, and other dispositions of art and collectibles

Among the other areas of art, collectible, and auction law that our attorneys frequently advise on include:

Dealers’ rights and obligations
Auctioneers’ rights and obligations
Import and export of art and collectibles
Disputes concerning authenticity
Disputes concerning provenance
Appraisals
Copyrights in original works and reproductions
Donor restrictions on donated art and collectibles
The Visual Artists Rights Act
Joint ownership of works