BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 3, 2000 ISSUE
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Collecting via the Web Of the dozens of online art sites, these are among the best. All offer wide selections, advice, and consumer protection. artnet.com Classy auction site with wide variety of work by name U.S. and international artists and photographers. Online viewing area features top galleries, database of art prices, good online art magazine. Average sale price: $2,000+ eartgroup.com Promising high-end site has signed up 125 art dealers and sells works from their collections online. Average selling price: $9,000. A new area of the site offers works directly from artists' studios, starting around $500. www.guild.com Bargain hunters' paradise. Some 10,000 works listed, only by living artists, many of them unknowns chosen by in-house experts. Average selling price: $650. You can also commission artists to do portraits, stained glass, and other works. sothebys.com Claims $1 million per week in sales, making it the volume leader. Holds online auctions of works from 4,900 top dealers. Average price: $1,500. Big selection of old masters and artifacts, as well as more contemporary art. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Did You Get that Utrillo on the Web? PHOTO: Double Poke in the Eye II TABLE: Collecting via the Web TABLE: Good Works Online INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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