Auction house Christie's gave the first promise that you must fulfill in 2020
ARTinvestment.RU   27 декабря 2019

By the end of 2020-го Christie's will need to produce twice as less printed materials than in 2019-м

it is Commendable considering that the current total annual circulation of paper products auction house is more than 700,000 pieces a year, the lion's share — guides through the galleries and auction catalogues.

Why all of a sudden, the auction house decided to make such reductions? Most likely, not from-за desire to save paper and ultimately the forest. Obviously, it's much easier and more pragmatic.

According to the Financial Times, the auction house research showed that 52 % of the lots that were sold in 2019, went to buyers who did not have printed catalogs. This number is even higher among online buyers-аукционов. Thus, preference is given to online-версиям auction, where the description of the subject can be even more detailed than in the printed catalogue.

with regard to ecology, it is known that the auction house is also taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint, remaining in the sky from-за corporate flight Christie's. The General Director of the auction house Cerutti, commented the Financial Times the initiative with the words: "you Need to exert more efforts to solve the overall impact on the environment".

the Material was prepared by Maria Kuznetsova, AI

Source: artsy.net