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We have collected art for over 30 years. We have been in many art auctions both on land and sea we sailed on all major lines and have a BFA degree and visited the major museums and galleries around the world. Therefore considered a specialist in art and collecting. So, that said, let me give an overview of the purchase of art for a cruise. Each line is different in its approach. For example, Princess Cruises has its own internal program. Royal Caribbean says the Gallery West Park, which has offices in Michigan and Florida. There are many others but we will focus on Park West.
Let's start with the basics. Buying art at auction is a bidding process and the Park West is no exception. The art is usually set on easels in the public spaces of the ship. They may be original, events that are unique or where there may be limited editions of the piece exactly the same, numbering several hundred to several thousand. Drawings can be lithographs, serigraphs, prints, giclees or reproductions, just to name a few opportunities. What the media or art, you need to know certain things before you bid:
- Who is the artist: How well known in the art world?
- Are they alive or dead?
- Is your work in museums?
- Are they still painting or creation?
- WHAT IS THE MEDIUM: painting, printing?
- A limited edition?
- Is it a reference and how many were taken?
- Are you signed? For the artist?
- At the base as part of a reproduction?
- Or a pencil or the actual signing of the ink?
- WHAT IS THE VALUE? Competitive and news?
- What is sold on the open market?
- What is the assessed value?
- What is the source? Where does it come?
- Who is the publisher?
- They have this song?
- Do not Come framework? Therefore, a new framework?
- If not, how is it sent?
- What is the cost of delivery?
- DO NOT come in a letter of authenticity?
- Issuing the work is guaranteed for real life?
- If not, What is the refund or return policy?
These are basic questions. Whether you collect for investment or personal satisfaction you own a Picasso, you need to know these things. It matters little whether we treat the auction house or dealer, you should always ask these questions. But in the case of Park West, I can answer these questions for you. The framed art is displayed but not sold framed. However, you can buy a frame and an assessment by a supplement. I just do not get a certificate of authenticity, with no guarantee that it is real or fake. Read the fine print of contracts, and to sign all agreements verbal are not honored. Now look in the auction process itself.
Say you're bidding on the work of Peter Max. They say it is an impression of screen and is priced at $ 5900 gallery. But you can get it at auction for $ 3,500, a bargain, they say. They Could you provide a brief biography of Max and what is absolutely necessary in Peter Max collection. By the way, you are already registered as an agent and received a number of tender. You keep your paper numbered and boom! The hammer falls and they say they own. Once the auction has ended, and after signing the contract and payment, which now includes a buyers premium of 15%, plus shipping costs, which are now at the credit card of your boat.
But suppose you get home and find the same item on eBay for $ 2000. What? You have no recourse and are bound by the contract. Everything I said about his value is almost forgotten, sorry. They also like to make a "mystery" auction where they put the art back and gives him blindly. Promise that you is not to buy the song once he returns there to be seen. This is a ridiculous idea and dumb, but anyway. I guess they think that people like surprises, but not at the art auction. Here is a way for them, please just show us the piece without the Games.
They also hold raffles and give valuable impressions. Well, they may say they are five or six hundred, but are essentially flat, signed prints which probably cost them five dollars a piece when printed by the thousands. They are actually a little money by charging $ 35 for an evaluation and $ 35 for shipping, which cost more than ten dollars by regular mail. Hey, it's a business. Therefore, the idea is to realize that there is no free lunch or tenders which had at their auction. His reserve or minimum bid is that it must make a profit. Its estimated value is what it could sell for an absolute beginner or the person stupid world. They will tell you that compared to other pieces sold, but you can say whatever they want to listen to their sales.
So if you go to your auctions? Of course! Go to be educated, view art, enjoy one hour of time to drink cheap (really, really cheap) champagne when they chose to offer and maybe win something. However, be prepared to pay $ 35 for shipping their "free" art and understand that this is a poster worth almost nothing. I recommend not to buy it personally have not previously studied. You need to know the price in advance and therefore, my advice is to spend your money elsewhere. Park West Gallery in May 1000 to sell the pieces of each year, but are also selling expensive items. Finally, it is entirely your choice what gives his art, but buyers are wary.
Jeffrey Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell System Yellow Pages for nearly 25 years. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Advertising and has a Master’s Degree in teaching. He had his own advertising agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and ran a consulting and design firm, ABC Advertising. He authored a book about his directory years, “Inside the Yellow Pages” which can be seen at his website, http://www.poweradbook.com and he is currently the Marketing Director for [http://www.menuelephant.com] which posts restaurant menus on the “site you’ll never forget.”
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