Confidential placement for owners who want to sell quietly, and private acquisition for collectors looking for works that are not on public sale. Nothing is listed, the price is agreed in advance, and names go no further than they need to.
Paintings, prints, photographs, works on paper and sculpture, from Old Masters to contemporary and street art, including Banksy.
Confidential placement means offering a work to a few people we believe will want it, one conversation at a time, rather than to everyone at once. The work is not listed on this site or anywhere else, its images go only to the buyers it is shown to, and if it does not find a home there is no public record that it was ever offered.
You agree the asking price with us before anyone sees the work, every offer comes to you, and nothing is accepted without your say. You can withdraw it at any point. It suits owners who value privacy, works that have been seen on the market recently, and anyone who wants certainty over price and timing.
Many of the works collectors want most are never offered publicly. Tell us what you are looking for, by artist, period, medium or budget, and we search among private owners, dealers and estates, including owners who would sell for the right offer but have not put their work on the market.
Before you commit we check condition, provenance, title and the paperwork the market expects, such as a certificate or the artist's authentication body where one exists, and we negotiate the price on your behalf. Payment, insurance, shipping and customs are arranged for you, and your name is not passed to the seller without your consent.
Works we have for sale now are on the Artworks page.
An owner sends photographs and what is known about the work; a collector sends a brief. Either is enough to begin, and neither commits you to anything.
The asking price or the budget, our fee, and who may be approached, all agreed in writing before anything happens.
We show the work, or search for one, privately and only to people chosen for the purpose. No listing and no mailing.
Condition, provenance, title and authenticity paperwork are confirmed before an offer is accepted.
Offer, negotiation and a written contract, with every term set down before any money moves.
Funds clear before the work moves. Shipping, insurance and customs are arranged, and on some occasions we hand deliver.
Discretion is the reason most people choose this route, so it is built into how we work. Names are not shared between buyer and seller without consent. A work placed confidentially is not shown on this website, on social media or in our newsletter. Images and details go only to the people we have chosen to approach, and only for that purpose.
A sale agreed directly between a seller and a buyer, at a price both have accepted, without the work being offered publicly. We act as the intermediary: finding the other side, checking the work and its paperwork, and seeing the transaction through to settlement.
Only the people we approach, and only as far as you agree. Your name need not be given to them at all, and a work that does not sell leaves no public trace.
No. You agree the asking price first, every offer comes to you, and you can withdraw the work at any time.
Yes. Tell us the artist, the period, the medium or simply what you want to spend, and we search privately, including among owners who have not put their work on the market.
Our fee is agreed in writing before a work is shown or a search begins. On most private sales there is none; where a sale is complex it is between 2.5 and 10 per cent, and you know which before you commit.
It depends on the work and on who wants it. Once a price is agreed, settlement is usually quick, and funds always clear before the work moves.
No. We are in London, by appointment, and act for clients across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. Photographs are enough to begin, and a work travels only when a viewing is needed or a sale is agreed.
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Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau and Tanoa Sasraku are shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2026. The exhibition is at MIMA in Middlesbrough until 29 March 2027, and the winner is announced on 10 December.
Whitebank Fine Art is a London art advisory and gallery. A photograph and a few details are enough to begin — a valuation carries no obligation to proceed.
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