Below you will find the most frequently asked questions concerning buying, selling, shipment, delivery and settling the transaction.
It happens regularly that the first e-mail from our system ends up in the user's spam box. Please check this folder regularly. If you have created an account and completed all the steps, you should receive a confirmation e-mail within a few seconds. If that is not the case after several minutes and you have also checked your spam/junk inbox, please contact us.
If you can no longer log in, you can go through the following steps:
If buyers or sellers do not comply to the rules of Artpeers (not purchasing or supplying, or violating the rules in any other way), Artpeers reserves the right to terminate the account of the user in question. We will always inform you if such a decision is taken.
In your My Artpeers, you will find an overview of your current bids, your favorite items and your favorite artists. In this environment, you can also change your personal data, for example in case of a change of address.
At Kunstveiling, you can mark items in auction or artists as favorites by clicking on the heart symbol. You will automatically be notified when the auction is about to end, or when new works by an artist have been put up for auction. In your My Artpeers account, you can modify your favorites again or adjust the settings for the automatic e-mail notifications to your own preference.
In your My Artpeers, you will find an overview of your current bids, your favorite items and your favorite artists. In this environment, you can also change your personal details, for example in case of a change of address.
In your My Artpeers, you will find an overview of your purchases. You will always be able to access the original auction pages via the links on this page. We strongly recommend everyone to document purchased works of art properly.
If you no longer wish to use Kunstveiling, you can request us by e-mail to delete your Artpeers account. If you still have items in auction or placed bids in auctions currently running, you will have to complete these first.
In your My Artpeers, you can adjust your e-mail preferences under e-mail notifications. For example, you can activate or deactivate e-mail alerts for favorite artists and subscribe or unsubscribe to the newsletter.
If you have received a work that does not correspond to the auction description given by the seller (for example due to damage, or the condition of the work) you may invoke Artpeers’s guarantee. To continue reading about our guarantee scheme, please click here. We also urge you to pay attention in advance. By adhering to this guarantee scheme, sellers at Artpeers commit to taking the work back if it is not in the same condition as described in the auction description. The seller is responsible for damage that occurs during transport (unless expressly stated otherwise).
If you have a dispute with a buyer or seller which you cannot resolve together, please contact Artpeers for advice or for intervention.
If you have received a work (delivered to you by post or by a courier) that is damaged (glass breakage or damage to the work itself) and this was not mentioned in the auction description, you can bring this to the attention of the seller. It is important to inform the seller immediately and not to report the damage days after receiving the work. In principle, the seller is obliged to cancel the sale and take back the work, unless if you mutually agree to a different compromise. The costs of the purchase, plus the shipping/delivery costs to the buyer, are on the seller’s account. The costs of the return shipment/delivery to the seller are to be borne by the buyer.
Please note: damage due to shipping/delivery falls under the seller’s responsibility (unless expressly stated otherwise).
If you have paid for a work, the seller is obliged to confirm receipt of payment and send you the track-and-trace code for the shipment, or all relevant details concerning the delivery. It is desirable that a confirmation is sent within one day after reception of the payment. If the seller does not contact you, please inform Artpeers 24 hours after payment. We will then remind the seller to complete the transaction. For further information, please read our purchase protection insurance.
It happens regularly that the e-mails from sellers to buyers end up the in the buyer’s spam/junk inbox. If you have not heard from the buyer within 5 days of receiving the confirmation of your sale, please contact Artpeers. We will then send the buyer a reminder (with the seller in cc) and initiate the further procedure in case of no response.
It happens regularly that the e-mails from sellers to buyers end up the in the buyer’s spam/junk inbox. Please check this folder regularly. If you have not heard from the seller within three days of receiving the confirmation of the highest bid, please contact Artpeers. We will then send the seller a reminder (with the buyer in cc) and initiate the further procedure in case of no response.
Artpeers also auctions artworks on behalf its consignors by way of its seller accounts "Veilingmeester" and "VeilingmeesterCollecties".
Artpeers will send you a purchase invoice with information on how to request shipment of the work. You need to send us a request for shipment, because items sold will not be shipped automatically. You may also request combined shipment for several items at once, in one parcel. The shipping cost is standardly mentioned in the auction description.
In some cases you will find VAT specified on your invoice. This VAT is included in the price (you do not pay more). The reason that VAT may be specified in some cases has to do with the VAT obligation of the consignor of the work.
Artpeers applies the rule that framed works cannot be shipped through postal services to avoid the risk of glass breakage. Therefore, we will only propose shipment for loose works, small originals and small framed works that can fit in a box and be shipped as a parcel.
If you have won a work at Artpeers and you wish to continue bidding on other works, you can have all your purchases shipped at once. You will standardly receive an invoice per purchase with information about shipment. In case of a combined shipment, you do not need to respond immediately as long as you keep an eye on the 1-month collection term yourself. However, you do have to pay the invoices that you receive. If, at a certain point, you have saved up a number of works and you wish to have them shipped at once, you may send your request by e-mail to our finance department. We will then send you an invoice for the shipping costs. As soon as we have received the payment, we will start preparing the shipment.
Shipments departing from the Artpeers office are collected by Post NL once a week on Thursday afternoon. You will automatically receive an e-mail from Post NL with the track-and-trace code as soon as we have registered the parcel. If you ensure that we receive the payment by Wednesday at the latest, we will be able to ship the work that same week. If your payment arrives after Thursday morning, your parcel will be shipped one week later.
You will be charged a buyer’s premium of 15%, including VAT, over the hammer price. These costs will be clearly stated at the time of bidding so that you will not be surprised afterwards.
The buyer’s premium must be paid to the seller and is included in the final price. This final price will also be confirmed to you by e-mail once the auction has ended.
Artpeers will collect the buyer’s premium from the seller. So, you pay directly to the seller!
Bids at Artpeers increase automatically by fixed bidding increments. These increments are determined by the following scale:
- Increasing by € 2 steps as from € 1
- Increasing by € 5 steps as from € 20
- Increasing by € 10 steps as from € 100
- Increasing by € 20 steps as from € 200
- Increasing by € 50 steps as from € 500
- Increasing by € 100 steps as from € 1,000
- Increasing by € 200 steps as from € 4,000
If you have doubts about a work currently in auction, you can do two things:
- At the bottom of each item page, you will find the option Ask the seller. By clicking on this button, you can send a question directly to the seller concerning the item in auction (for example with regard to its provenance).
- If you have strong doubts about the authenticity of the work or if you notice that the work is in violation with the auction rules of Kunstveiling, please inform our auctioneers by clicking on the button Report this item at the bottom of the auction page. This will allow you to submit your question or remark and our auctioneers will assess the work in auction.
Artpeers has set maximum amounts that sellers can charge for shipping (including packaging materials). Up to this maximum, it is up to the sellers to indicate how much they charge for shipping the item. Only if the parcel weighs more than 10 kilos, the seller may charge a higher rate. This rate has to be stated in the auction description.
Please note: the seller may never charge more for shipment than indicated in the auction description.
Launching an auction is free of charge!
As a seller you will be charged a flat administration fee per successfully sold item. Irrespectively of the auction result.
In the category Art/Design/Jewelry: € 7.50 including VAT
In the category Vinyl: € 2.50 including VAT
The buyer will be charged a buyer’s premium of 15%, including VAT, on the hammer price. This buyer’s premium will be clearly stated at the time of bidding so that the buyer knows exactly how much he must pay you if he wins the auction. Also, both you and the buyer will receive an e-mail at the end of the auction stating the winning bid and the final price that you should charge the buyer. You are not allowed to pass the administration fee on to the buyer.
Artpeers will send you an invoice in the following month after the sale for the buyer’s premium that the buyer has paid to you, as well as the administration fee per item sold.
Please note: If you are a professional seller and you wish to pass the royalties payable due to the Artist Resale Right on to the buyer, this must be clearly stated in the auction description. Otherwise, you are not allowed to charge the buyer for those costs.
If you realise while creating an auction that the artist of your item is not listed in Artpeers’s database, you will find a pink button at the same spot: The artist is not yet included in the database. If you click on that button, a window will appear in which you can note the name of the artist (as completely as possible) and verify if you can find him or her in the Artprice.com database. Next, you can submit your request. We will then get back to you as soon as possible to confirm whether we have added the artist to our database or not.
Artpeers has set maximum amounts that sellers can charge for shipping (including packaging materials). Up to this maximum, it is up to the sellers to indicate how much they charge for shipping the item. Only if the parcel weighs more than 10 kilos, the seller may charge a higher rate. This rate has to be stated in the auction description.
Please note: the seller may never charge more for shipment than indicated in the auction description.
If a sale has been cancelled by mutual consent, please inform Artpeers by e-mail by forwarding the e-mails between you and the buyer.
If the sale has been cancelled because the buyer does not respond to you, and you have made repeated attempts to get in touch with the buyer, please inform Artpeers by forwarding your e-mail correspondence with the buyer to us, while indicating that the buyer has not responded to you nor transferred the payment. Please make sure to keep your correspondence in writing, in order to be able to demonstrate afterwards the steps that you have taken.
Artpeers will then pick up the procedure and keep both you and the buyer informed.
If a sale has been cancelled, please notify Artpeers by e-mail. We will then double check that information with the buyer and credit your account if the invoice has already been sent.
Please note: you cannot put the item back into auction before having completed this procedure. In case of a cancelled sale, we will remove the bids placed in the original auction and mark the item as unsold. That way, you will not receive an invoice for the buyer’s premium and administration fee for this specific sale.
It is not possible for artists to auction their own work via Artpeers.
Artpeers only accepts works from recognised artists that are listed on Artprice.com and that have considerable experience with exhibitions and/or auctions. For more information, please click here.
You can re-offer an unsold item in auction up to 5 times. If the item has not been auctioned after 5 rounds, you may offer it a sixth time, but only ATP (A Tout Prix, meaning with a starting bid at € 10). If you do not want to launch an ATP auction, the item will be automatically removed.
Artpeers can give you an auction estimate without engagement and can help you attributing the work to the right artist. You will find more information about auction estimates here.
Artpeers offers a guarantee on your purchase covering the condition, authenticity and the transport of the work. For more information about the guarantee, please click here.
Artpeers recommends sellers to adhere to this guarantee scheme and to indicate this in advance in the auction description.
As a buyer you should pay close attention to whether the seller adheres to the guarantee scheme. By doing so, sellers on Artpeers commit to taking the work back if it is not in the same condition as described in the auction description. This obligation does not apply to sellers who do not adhere to it.
Artpeers offers a guarantee on your purchase covering the condition, authenticity and the transport of the work. If you want to know if you can invoke the guarantee, please check the page Guarantee and Purchase Protection Insurance for further information.
If a seller, after payment and despite the request of the buyer, does not refund the purchase amount, this seller will be excluded from participating in auctions at Artpeers and the buyer can make use of our purchase protection insurance. If all conditions are met, Artpeers will then reimburse the purchase amount up to a maximum of € 500. For more information about the purchase protection insurance, please click here.
Specific conditions apply to the purchase protection insurance. Please read the Terms of Guarantee.