Sotheby’s and eBay launch live online auctions post Private Art Investor Expert 17 Mar 15 0 Sotheby’s and eBay have announced that their first two live auctions will take place on 1st April 2015. The first will be a New York… Read more
It’s time to celebrate! article Alasdair Whyte 16 Mar 15 0 Crack open the champagne and party. Claire McAndrew’s annual TEFAF Art Market Report says that 2014 was the best ever year for art sales with… Read more
Christie’s worst Old Master sale since 2002 article Private Art Investor Expert 11 Feb 15 0 Christie’s New York 28 January Old Master sale achieved a disappointing result of $9.1 million, under a quarter of its pre-sale high-end estimate of $39… Read more
Top art fairs in 2014 by number of visitors article Private Art Investor Expert 23 Jan 15 0 ArtVista has just released statistics for the top art fairs by numbers of visitors in 2014 and 2013. Overall, the total number of art fair visitors in… Read more
Art Law Foundation ‘Risk, Rules and Opportunities in Art Investment’ Conference post Private Art Investor Expert 11 Dec 14 0 At the end of November the Genevan Art Law Foundation, Foundation Pour Le Droit De L’Art, ran it’s first in a series of conferences focussing… Read more
Does investing in art funds make sense? post Alasdair Whyte 5 Nov 14 0 The logic behind art funds really relies on three simple facts: first, good quality art (usually) goes up in value; second, the art market is… Read more
eBay and Sotheby’s form new partnership news Private Art Investor Expert 14 Jul 14 0 Online auctioneer eBay and international auction house Sotheby’s have announced a new partnership. Together, they are working to develop an innovative online platform that will… Read more
Agnew’s to continue dealing art under new ownership news Alasdair Whyte 6 Mar 14 0 Agnew’s, the long established international fine art dealer, which closed its Albemarle Street gallery in London to the public last year, has been acquired by… Read more