Art Market Analysis – Video Art With the onset of the digital age, artists have been given the opportunity to experiment with different medium as a platform to create their art. Video art has been around since the late 60’s but has only recently become a recognised and popular form of fine art. Before viewing [...]
Art Investment Tips: How to Avoid an Impulse or Emotional Purchase Have you ever purchased something on a whim that seemed like a really good idea at the time and then realised you had made a mistake purchasing the item once you got it home? I know I have. A recent survey found that 70% [...]
The Best Online Galleries for Affordable Investment Art Below is a list of some fantastic online galleries where you can purchase art for investment that won’t send you broke. Many of the artworks that you find for sale at these galleries are priced at under US$5000 which makes them an affordable investment for most people. [...]
‘Tea Stain’ by Gavin Turk – Fantastic Artwork, Bad Investment I recently came across a limited edition print by Gavin Turk which was being sold by White Cube gallery entitled ‘Tea Stain’ which basically consists of a round tea coloured stain from the base of a tea cup on a white piece of paper. There [...]
Warhol Foundation Accused of Art Market Conspiracy!!! The media has recently been filled with reports of the Andy Warhol Foundation being involved in extremely dodgy practices aimed at monopolising the market for, and increasing the value of Warhol’s work which has resulted in an American man suing the foundation. Apparently the Andy Warhol Foundation has [...]
Selling Investment Art: How To Maximise Your Return Following on from last post I said that I would explain what the various costs for selling an artwork mean for you, the seller. Taking into account the various fees associated with selling at auction it is really only worth while selling at auction if the [...]
Maximising Profits: Where to Sell Investment Art As I have mentioned before there are ways of avoiding the large fees usually charged by galleries and auction houses but different categories of artwork will require or be best suited to different selling outlets, some of which will be suited to being sold in a gallery [...]
Selling Art at Auction: What EVERY Seller Should Know You may have heard people complaining about the cost of selling an artwork particularly at auction but before you form an opinion it is important for you to know exactly what fees are involved in selling at auction and what you get for your money. The [...]
Art Investment Strategies: Choosing When To Sell Before I go into detail about how to sell an artwork it is important firstly to decide whether or not it is the right time to sell. As art is a long term investment the current consensus is that you should be prepared to hold onto an artwork [...]
Why You Should Consider Investing in Art One of the most common objections people have to investing in art is the relative illiquid (more difficult to convert to cash) status of the art market. Now I am not suggesting that art is as easy to convert into money as say shares but it is definitely [...]
