Business consultant and artist, Ian MacDonald, president of Informus Inc., offers clients 40 years of experience in dispute resolution, executive administration, sales & marketing management, information research and commercial credit & collection risk assessments. (SEE "CREDENTIALS" BELOW).
He also assists art collectors in both selling their original oil paintings and in acquiring quality paintings by established artists.
Fine Art Sales
Le Solitaire by St-Gilles. For Sale- $1,500)
Informus' first step in selling a painting is research to establish a 'selling price" that meets both the seller's expectations and appeals to as wide a market as possible. To this price, is added Informus' modest flat fee (not a percentage) per painting which is only paid if and when the sale is completed. Next, a photo of the painting is added to a website/catalogue with relevant details on the painting and the artist. Marketing activities then commence. When a sale is made, a cheque is sent by the buyer to Informus. Informus deposits this cheque and prepares an Informus cheque for the seller - for the initial "agreed to selling price". That cheque is delivered when the painting is collected from the seller for delivery to the buyer.
The Informus Inc. Benefit To Fine Art Sellers
You are always an anonymous seller. Informus handles the advertising, promotion, enquiries, correspondence, phone calls, invoicing, credit risk, packaging and delivery. You control your selling price. There is no commitment on your part. You can remove your painting from the Informus catalogue at any time. The buyer pays the modest flat fee that was worked into their price - not you. It costs the seller nothing, if the painting is not sold by Informus.
The Benefit to Fine Art Buyers
As an art buyer, you will find that the you pay significantly less for a painting than what you would pay if you had bought it through other sources. Informus' overhead is low and the flat fee adds little to the transaction. Our sellers recognize that the collectors and galleries, who buy paintings from Informus, are serious, experienced buyers who buy quality origninal oil paintings that they are sure will appreciate in value.
Paintings Currently Available
In August, 2011, Informus began assisting a foundation in the divestment of a collection of 25 paintings by the following artists: Bruno Cote, Illingsworth Kerr RCA, Claude A. Simard RCA, Walter Drohan RCA, Terry Tomalty, Robert Genn, Gary Morton, Ed Drahanchuk, Fredrick Remington, St-Gilles, James L. Keirstead and Basque (Leonard Parent).
Click on the "FOUNDATION ART" page, to the left, for photographs and details on the paintings for sale.
Click on the "SOLD" page, to the left, to see what paintings have been sold for the foundation.
James Keirstead's, "The Sawmill" was added to our inventory on November 2011. See it on the "2 KEIRSTEADS" page.
C R E D E N T I A L S
Ian Duncan MacDonald
2005 to present
President, Informus Inc.
1996 to 2005
Vice President, Equifax Inc.
Equifax is the world's largest supplier of risk information to industry, banks and insurance companies. It is billion dollar public company traded on the NYSE with subsidiaries all around the world.
1977 to 1996
Senior Vice President, Creditel of Canada Limited
Creditel was Canada's largest commercial collection agency and second largest commercial credit reporting agency. It was acquired by Equifax in 1996. At Creditel, Ian directed the company's rapid growth from 4,500 customers to 12,500 customers by creating dozens of innovative products and a sophisticated sales management system that generated sales of $50,000,000 with multimillion dollar profits.
1976 to 1977
The Office Overload/Drake Personnel Group of Companies
Ian was simultaneously General Manager of Screening Systems International (it screened senior executives job applicants), General Manager of Marketing Overload (a market research company) and President of Intercontinental Collections (a collection agency).
1967 to 1976
General Sales Manager, Dun & Bradstreet of Canada Limited
Shortly after he graduated from McMaster University, Ian advanced through several positions in credit reporting, line supervision and sales with Dun & Bradstreet of Canada Limited. His first national executive responsibility, at 25 years of age, was when he was made the first General Manager of D&B's new Marketing Services Division. He quickly built this into a profitable, million dollar business. He was then promoted to General Sales Manager of all divisions of the entire Canadian company. Working with a sales force of more than 100 in 13 offices serving 10,000 customers, he was responsible for the company's sales, advertising and marketing.
Dun & Bradstreet Inc., headquartered in New York, is an international, billion dollar, corporation traded on the NYSE. It is the largest gatherer and distributor of commercial risk data in the world. Its customers are major financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies, manufacturers and wholesalers.
CONTACT
Tel 416-245-7087