Archive for March, 2012
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 [...]
A New Decorative Arts Reality
Sunday, March 4th, 2012Over the last 10 years there has been an amazing divergence in how the decorative and fine arts compare in growth and how they are marketed. Fine art has become the playground of a younger as well as older generation while the decorative arts are treated as an appendage to the interior design trade. With [...]