What it costs to register a piece.
Adding a piece is free, and it stays private until you register it. Registering makes its record public, and comes with the Mark that goes on the back.
Printed for the piece with its title, year and the artist’s name. It registers the piece and arrives already linked to it. Standard delivery is $2.99 in the US and $28.99 to other countries.
Each registers one piece, and you link it to the piece when it arrives. Standard delivery is free in the US and $28.99 to other countries.
Custom Marks
- A custom Mark
- $10
- For a piece already registered, or to replace a Mark
- $10
- Standard delivery in the US, per order
- $2.99
- Standard delivery to other countries, per order
- $28.99
- Priority delivery in the US, per order
- $12.95
Marks ordered together travel in one envelope, for one delivery charge.
Standard Marks
- 5 standard Marks
- $30$6 each
- 10 standard Marks
- $45$4.50 each
- 50 standard Marks
- $100$2 each
- Standard delivery in the US, per order
- Free
- Standard delivery to other countries, per order
- $28.99
- Priority delivery in the US, per order
- $12.95
Each registers one piece, and you link it to the piece when it arrives.
A whole collection
- 1,000 registrations and 100 Marks
- $499
- Standard delivery in the US, per order
- Free
- Standard delivery to other countries, per order
- $41.95
- Priority delivery in the US, per order
- $12.95
For a collector bringing in a whole collection: a record for every work, and Marks for the pieces you show, sell or lend.
Print editions
- Registering an edition
- $15
- A Mark for each print, proofs included
- $1.50
- Standard delivery in the US, per edition
- $2.99
- Standard delivery to other countries, per edition
- $28.99
- Priority delivery in the US, per edition
- $5.99
An edition is registered once, and every print carries a Mark with its own number.
To other countries, Marks go by Standard with a customs form and arrive in 1–4 weeks; any import tax is paid on delivery. Priority is for US addresses, and we can’t post to the UK yet.
Who pays what when a piece sells.
The buyer pays the price, plus any shipping and sales tax. There is no buyer’s fee.
A sale by the artist
The artist receives the price less trueart’s 10% fee, and the shipping in full. The fee is 5% when they bring the buyer and sell in person.
On a $1,000 sale: $900 to the artist, $100 to trueart.
A resale
The artist is paid 5% of the price every time it resells through trueart. trueart’s fee is 10%, or 5% in person, and the seller receives the rest, with the shipping.
On a $1,000 resale: $850 to the seller, $50 to the artist, $100 to trueart.
A sale made elsewhere
Recorded on trueart, it carries no fee and pays no royalty.
What a gallery pays.
Marks and registration
The prices above, bought for the gallery and shared by everyone who works for it.
A consigned sale
When a consigned work sells through trueart, you receive your commission less trueart’s fee, automatically, and the owner what you agreed.
On a $1,000 sale at 40%: $300 to you, $600 to the artist, $100 to trueart.
A sale in the room
A sale you take payment for yourself and record here carries no fee. One paid through trueart in the room carries the 5% in-person fee.