1. Auction it on E-bay or one of the many online auction houses. This can take as little as a few moments to a month if your price is right. Choose from mainstream auction houses or ones that specialize in fine art.

2. Sell it through a live auction house such as Sotheby's. Christies or Butterfields. Takes four to six months.

3. Sell it to a private dealer or gallery specializing in that particular artist who already has buyers for them.

4. Rent it through an art rental agency. Most large cities have art rental agencies. Some are even connected to museums. For example the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Rental Gallery.

5. Create a website and sell it on line. This way you can create links to, museums, galleries and art industry web sites, and most important keep all the proceeds for yourself.

Sell it through an online art dealer. Such as

6. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ Online art dealers vary on

commission from very low to very high. Make sure you find

the ones that get a lot of hits because many of them get very

low traffic. Takes from a few mouse clicks to forever

7. Sell it to another interested party such as a friend or acquaintance. This is instant cash. You make your own deal and it's nice to know that you can visit your old painting.

8. Sell it to a business or municipality. Business, which buy works of art, includes banks, office buildings, shopping centers, doctors and other professional offices. It's easy to get lists over the Internet. Municipal buildings are also good targets. Every time a public building is built in California, New York and several other states, 1% must go to the arts.

9. Get an interim auction loan from http://www.beverlyhillscollaterallenders.com to carry you over until the work sells at houses such as Christies, Sotheby's or Butterfield.

10.Pawn it. There is only one venue in the entire country that specializes in cash loans on fine art, and that is <http://www.beverlyhillscollaterallenders.com>

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