Archive for September, 2009
Where is the Decorative Arts Market Going?
Saturday, September 26th, 2009It depends on what you are looking for. While the antiques market may be fickle, it is still a very viable market, with a definite supply and demand quotient. However, the economic encumbrance of the present worldwide recession in consumer luxuries has had an outsized impact on this industry. As a fragmented industry, it has [...]
A New Auctioneer’s Model: No Reserve or Estimates
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009The news in the trade has certainly been anything but robust for the image and financial prospects of the industry. However, there seems to be an evolutionary movement by one new auctioneer, who is willing to try to challenge the current form of that process with a new imaginative approach. Leigh Keno, who is known [...]