Archive for the 'Antiques & The Arts Weekly' Category
A New Reality for Auctions, in the Decorative Arts
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012I was advised that my bashing the Duopoly auctioneers is a bit overdone. Perhaps is it, but looking at the state of divergence between the decorative and fine arts markets, these auctioneers realize which one has reduced maintenance and storage costs which tend to be pretty high and fixed, for an easier way. Now is [...]
An Antiques Trade Association, For Whom?
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Antiques dealers should understand that their interests are not only with the public, but with themselves to survive. They should also know that the interests of auctioneers are in direct conflict with how dealers operate. Public auctioneers are allowed to operate with blatant conflicts of interest along with a secret reserve deception. The Sotheby’s/Christie’s duopoly [...]