Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 3 – artmarketblog.com 2. Percentage of lots sold by value In part 2 of this series of posts on the real value of the statistics that are used to determine the success of a sale, I conducted an in depth analysis of the percentage of lots sold by number statistic. [...]
Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 2 – artmarketblog.com In Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 1 (see here) I began to take an in depth look at how people interpret auction results and exactly what it is that determines whether an art auction has been a success or not. Continuing on from that post I want [...]
Evaluating Art Auction Results Pt. 1 – artmarketblog.com In my last post I wrote about how the figures released by the auction houses after an auction can be rather deceiving. Almost every article I have read on the recent February Impressionist and Modern Art auctions says that these auctions were a major success. One journalist [...]
The Reality of Feb 09 Art Auctions – artmarketblog.com The first round of major art auctions for 09 have proven that there is still a considerable amount of money available to be spent on top quality and rare works of art provided the price is right. Fresh works from private collections appeared to be particularly [...]
Effects of the Correction on Emerging Art Markets – artmarketblog.com The most speculative and volatile markets over the last four years, emerging art markets have propelled a number of Chinese, Indian, Russian and Middle-Eastern contemporary artists into the global limelight with extraordinary speed. But with so many young artists fetching such big figures at auctions, [...]
