About David Hall

Academically trained as an art historian, I have over twenty years experience buying and selling fine works of art. In addition to years of private dealing I have owned my own auction house, Bulfinch Auction Gallery of Boston and have worked at Christie’s Auctioneer’s in New York and with the Childs Gallery of New York and Boston. Over time I have developed working relationships with museum curators, researchers and noted authorities throughout the artworld. These contacts coupled with my marketplace experience benefits our clients in how best to market a picture. In bringing pictures to market we also can provide research and authentication services for unsigned or questionable works as well as advice on insurance and valuation.

I have had the opportunity to sell several important collections over the years. This involves the cataloguing, authenticating and pricing the works before offering the works for sale. In 1991 I was hired by the Bank of New England to quietly and discreetly sell their art collection. At the time, a public auction would have fueled speculation about the Bank's financial position, damaged its image and created fire sale price expectations. I quickly organized the sale and offered the works to major collectors, dealers, museums and other interested parties. The collection was sold within thirty days and in several cases record prices were achieved for individual works. More recently, I was asked to market a very large, fourteen by twenty foot Salvador Dali oil painting. The piece had never appeared in any of the books published on the artist's work. Considering the number of fakes on the market signed with the artist's name this was an issue. I contacted the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida and organized a museum exhibition that highlighted and documented this obscure masterwork. Within six months an international institution committed to purchase the painting, leading to a sale in excess of one million dollars. These large transactions are exciting but our day to day business involves the bringing together of buyers and sellers of fine American and European artwork. I try to make available to our collectors artwork whose quality and value is worth noticing. Many works that we sell are priced in the hundreds and low thousands of dollars. The overriding interest for us is the quality of the work and the enjoyment is will bring to our clients. Please contact us with any questions at 1 508 785 9005.

David Hall