Sotheby’s online
There is a place for art collectors online, is there? Art appraisals may not be essential business, and yes an art needs to stay active during the COVID-19 pandemic. Appraisals allow collectors to make consignments for auction. It offers crucial information about the conditions of artwork and gives a reliable value. Even if the appraisals traditionally require in-person assessments, professionals in this industry show a creative tool during lockdown to inspect artworks.
Relating the subject, there is a site that proves it https://www.artsy.net/ I checked the site, sounds so easy. Sounds bloody great fantastic. Check it out!
Sotheby’s talks about ever so increased interest in its appraisals business during the pandemic, where people are eager to sell due to economic problems. And does the pandemic effects the value? In many less economically developed countries in the world, it affects a great deal. But how is it with the great Sothebys today? “Many collectors are eager to understand the value of their collections, and as such we have been providing a lot of insurance and fair market valuations for their individual needs,” said Charlotte Van Dercook, head of Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated department in New York.
Economic uncertainties and shifting trends and fortunes can inspire people to reappraise their assets and consider potential sales and yes, everything is online. Really? Shifting fortunes here is crucial? What kind of shifting we are talking about here? And how safe a big-budget artwork selling/buying really is? Like everything else to do with selling/buying art online you can’t just stop once you’ve finally got your project idea? Where is the rewarding funding here when we need to start walking again?
It takes a bloody serious campaign for this.
I always wondered how skillful a person needs to be to sell a really expensive painting in a safe way. And now how safe the website can be, especially now when we are all supposed to look after ourselves and stay foot, inside?