TITLE4Art
BENEFITS
Why Title Your Art?
To maintain/increase the value of your collectibles
You’ve paid the price for an authentic piece and you’re entitled to value. An entire collection can be devalued if even one forgery is found among genuine collectibles!
To establish/verify provenance (chain of ownership)
As with great works of art worth millions, a single break in the chain of ownership may lead to uncertainty as to authenticity. Whether you’re the first to own a particular collectible or you’re the subsequent owner of a previously sold or traded one, you need the security that an unbroken provenance provides.
As a buyer, TITLE4Art enables you to establish the provenance for a new collectible or confirm the unbroken chain of ownership of a previously sold or traded one. As a seller, you can verify your object’s authenticity to a potential purchaser by demonstrating its continuous, unbroken ownership chain. And, items with a verifiable provenance often support a higher price!
When the artist titles and registers a new work before offering it for sale (directly or through a gallery), the potential buyer is assured that the work is genuine and that the work’s chain or history of ownership – its provenance - will always be traceable back to the artist. Not only does this provide peace of mind for the buyer, it adds value and caché to the work.
A certificate of authenticity provided by an art dealer or gallery may look official, but it's insufficient to protect a work of art against fraud. Many art experts agree that these certificates--even when executed by a third party organization--fail to fully protect the buyer's investment. In some cases they are little more than window dressing.
TITLE4Art gives art buyers what they want most: the ability to buy with confidence. As the premier online service company providing title and registration for works of art, we offer first line defense against fraud--so essential in a market flooded with fraudulent collectibles.
To a buyer, having peace of mind and the assurance that a purchased work of art has an uninterrupted traceable provenance is, like the Mona Lisa, priceless.