Jiko Art Guides

Three reference guides and a glossary to make sense of descending auctions, charitable art sales, and provenance certificates.

• Descending (Dutch) auctions: a complete guide

  Understand how a descending auction works, its history, advantages for sellers and buyers, and how it applies to the art market.

• Charitable art sales: models, legal framework, best practices

  An overview of charitable art sale models (gala, dedicated lot, royalties, structural percentage), the French legal framework, and practical advice for artists, NGOs, and buyers.

• Art provenance certificates: a complete guide

  Why provenance is critical on the art market, an overview of historical and digital methods (paper, NFT, cryptographic hashing), and NFT vs hashed-certificate comparison.

• Glossary: art auctions, patronage and solidarity

  Canonical definitions for the key terms used on Jiko Art: descending auction, patron, NGO, floor price, provenance certificate, NFT, etc.