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Agent's commission?
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I am a working artist specialising in interior design paintings. I have been approached by an agent who wishes to sell my work on a commission basis, but have no idea of the going rate in UK.
Can anyone advise please.
Thank you
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.20-30% doesn't sound unlikely to me - in fact in a lot of British galleries that would be generous. But are we talking an agent who promises to place your work in galleries, or who is going to sell direct? If it's a 3rd party who's going to charge you for his/her services, then I would have thought 15% would be top whack - you are, after all, being ripped off twice over, once by your agent and again by the gallery owner. If, on the other hand, it's a person who's going to sell directly, then 30% isn't out of the way. Either way up, the poor old artist is the one who comes off worst.......