Each denomination is of a different color and diameter, with the higher value coins being of larger size. This simplifies the task of ordering and counting your cash. A sturdy score board depicts a self portrait of each artist, with a column of four spaces for value markers beneath each. The deck of cards is slightly larger than a standard deck, and contains a total of 70 cards in five suits. Each card also has one of five symbols indicating how that card may be sold.
Players start the game with randomly dealt hands and an equal cash supply.
The fifth symbol, another card, is the most valuable method of all. Whoever buys a card pays the person who auctioned it. If a seller buys her own card, she pays the bank instead. Purchased cards are kept face up in front of their new owners. After each auction the next player gets to auction off one of his paintings, and so on until someone offers the fifth card of one artist.