Art Appraisal, Chinese Art Appraisal, Asian Fine Arts Appraisal

How We Appraise a Chinese Art Object

We strive to provide Chinese art appraisal service of the highest quality at the lowest cost. To meet the different needs of our clients, we offer Three Art Appraisal Packages to insure you that our art appraisal report does justice to the value of your Chinese art object. We work closely with our clients in all stages of art appraisal. Our standard art appraisal services follow four steps.

Four Steps

Step 1: We will listen carefully to your concerns and hopes. Our aim is to prepare an art appraisal that meets your personal needs. Initial discussion takes place via e-mail, phone, or correspondence. We usually ask you to supply us with high quality photos in digital or printed versions before we proceed. Based on the quality of your art object, we propose a specific procedure and recommend one of our three art appraisal packages. After you decide what you want, and give approval, we start the project.

Step 2: Once you have decided on a specific appraisal package, you need to pay either in full or at least 50% of the art appraisal fee to initiate the research project. We prefer personal check or money order made out to WEI YANG ART, LLC, 101 Overbrook Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.. Wire transfer and PayPal (PayPal accepts all major credit cards, such as Mastercard, visa, American Express, Discover, and other e-payments) are also acceptable.

Step 3: After receiving the initial payment, we send you an art appraisal questionnaire specially designed for your art object in order to collect necessary information. We may request you that you send us additional photos; we may ask you further questions relevant to the appraisal work. We assure you that your privacy is important to us. We will not release your personal information or share it with a third party without your prior written permission. After our preparation is complete, we will notify you via e-mail how long it will take us to complete the art appraisal project. The time largely depends on the complexity of the project, usually between two or three weeks.

Step 4: After we inform you that our art appraisal report is ready, we ask for the final payment if you have paid 50% of the appraisal fee and send you the final art appraisal report as a PDF e-mail attachment (for Basic Art Appraisal), or a hard copy of the formal appraisal report with the appraiser's signature and name seals via USPS.

Customized Appraisal Service: If you have a Chinese art object (painting, furniture, textile, sculpture, screen, etc.) of very high quality, or have more than one art work to be appraised, then an on-site study of your Chinese art works is ecomonical and necessary. The inspection can take place in either our Princeton office or a location of your choice. The fee structure is determined by the location of the on-site inspection. Before we make a proposal, we will discuss with you the merits of the customized appraisal services, the appraisal fee, the inspection fee in great detail. With your approval, we request payment of 50% of the appraisal fee and full payment of inspection fees before we start the research project. We prefer a personal check or money order made out to WEI YANG ART, LLC, and sent to "101 Overbrook Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540."

How to Sell Your Chinese Art

Today, selling Chinese art can be a big problem. Almost everybody finds it difficult to initiate a sale in the current Chinese art market. A lot of art owners have no clue what they have and where to start the sale. Many people begin by contacting the famous auction houses, but very few owners receive a helpful response—sometimes no word at all. Others spend hours and hours on the internet without any concrete results. Many owners end the process of trying to sell the art object, because it is too difficult to find a qualified Chinese art appraiser in the messy art industry. Nobody wants to spend hard-earned money on an art object that is of very limited value or no value, but where to find the quality professional help you need? Do these frustrations sound familiar to you? In order to target these masty art market issues and provide Chinese art owners with the highest quality professional services, Chinese art specialists (with a Ph.D. in Chinese art) of WEI YANG CHINESE ART, are committed to offer solutions to your problems at the minimum cost.

The most important thing to remember is that in order to sell any fine object of art, you need to posses solid information and formulate an educated strategy for sales. These are the two goals of a professional art appraisal: to provide the owner with the information needed to understand and appreciate the art object, and to suggest a clear strategy for sale based on analysis of the current Chinese art market. This is why you should commission an art appraisal from a qualified professional.

Any questions or concerns? Please Contact Us or call us at (609) 688-6891. Our Chinese art experts are happy to help you achieve all your goals.