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How to find art on eBay.
There are many ways of searching art on
eBay. The first way is to visit the
main art page and search for artworks by typing your requirements
such as medium, subject, colour in to the
search box - don't use too many words at first or you will not come up with many
results. It is not worth typing in exact dimensions as hardly any art auctions
have the dimensions in the title. If you are looking for large contemporary art
it may be worth typing in large, enormous, big or huge art and likewise if you
are looking for small or miniature paintings typing in mini, tiny, small, teeny
or miniature art should bring up quite a selection. g
If you want to go directly to the type of art you are looking for you can use
the Categories designated by eBay which can all be found on the
main art page. these will narrow down the number of auctions you view by
type of artwork, categories are made up of subcategories so you can narrow your
results even further. For example if you click on the
contemporary art
section you can further narrow your listings by clicking on either the
Abstract,
Experimental/ Alternative,
Pop Art,
Traditional,
Other Contemporary Paintings.
You can search both the title and
description of all auctions for specific words relating to your search. If you
wanted a watercolour painting of a cat and a mouse you should type "cat mouse
watercolour painting" into the eBay search box. If this did not come up with
anything you like you could then type in "cat mouse watercolour art".
Remember to try different spellings of the same word, for example if you are
doing the above search and you would like to search art from America as well as
the UK you should also use the different spelling - ""watercolor". You can
also click on "search title and description" to expand your results. Have a look at
eBay's search tips page for more advice.
If you do not find something you are looking for, you can search
eBay Stores.
Many artists have their own eBay store where they often have
many paintings listed. These are practically the same as listings but are all but it now and the listings
last a lot longer. There is also a "best offer" feature which some artists
include in their shop auctions. This is where you can make your best offer to
the seller for the item. It may be rejected by the seller but you can always
make another higher offer. Before you make your offer it is worth looking at the
artists other auctions and listings to see what sort of price they may accept.
EBay has thousands of auctions at anyone
time but there are many ways of finding what you are looking for, visit
EBay
now to start searching for some art to fill that empty wall space.
Take a look at
www.wheretobuyart.co.uk for more
tips and advice.
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