Timothy Sammons Fine Art Agents handled all aspects of this process, from selecting which works of art should be sold publicly and privately; choosing the date and venue of the auction sale, apponting an auctioneer (Sotheby's) working with them on all aspects of the pre-sale marketing of the pictures including cataloguing and exhibitions in Paris, London and New York. Timothy Sammons Fine Art Agents also negotiated all private sales with the chosen museums and galleries and dealt with all tax issues which arose from the sales of the works of art.
 

Two pictures were accepted in lieu of tax. The Liberale da Verona, 'Pieta', oil on panel, allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge at £1.5million and the Ludovico Carraci, Marriage of the Virgin, oil copper, allocated to the National Gallery, London at £850,000.

Private Sales

Timothy Sammons Fine Art Agents successfully sold the painting by Polidoro da Caravaggio, 'Procession to Calvary', to the National Gallery, London for £500,000. The purchase was made possible with the generous assistance of the Art Fund. Two drawings, also by Polidoro da Caravaggio were sold to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, for £170,000, also with the generous aid of the Art Fund.
 

Following exhibitions in Paris, London and New York the auctions of drawings and paintings were held at Sotheby's New York on the 21st and 23rd January 2003, with a single owner catalogue. The sale totalled $690,395 (£439,570).