Frank Born Arts was founded in San Francisco in 1987 and relocated to New York in 2011. We specialize in secondary market sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art. Most often we aid collectors, large and small, in selling works from their collections. We pride ourselves on working with integrity to achieve favorable results for our clients.
The following institutions have acquired works from us: The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, The National Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Israel Museum Jerusalem, The Seattle Art Museum, The Albright Knox Art Gallery, The Georgia Museum of Art, The Princeton University Museum of Art, The George Eastman Museum, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Allen Memorial Art Museum, The Met, The Ackland, Art Museum at UNC, The Denver Art Museum, The Morgan Library, The Frick Library, The Clements Library at the University of Michigan, The Boston Athenaeum.
Frank Born is a New York based art appraiser and a certified member of The Appraisers Association of America. He is available to conduct appraisals for charitable donations, estate planning, insurance, banking, litigation, and other legal matters. His thirty years as an art dealer provides a foundation for making accurate valuations and explaining them in well reasoned appraisal documents.
