Sellers of works of art do not really like the idea of "mixed Auction

As reported by The New York Times, the auction house Christie's plans once again to sell creations of old masters and artists of the XIX century apart. In 2009 the company decided to integrate the trading of these two categories is not only to reduce costs, but also because, from observations of Christie's, Old Masters and Art of the XIX century often buy the same people.

But in contrast to the sellers from the buyers have taken innovation is not very favorably. According to the head of the department of Nicholas Hall (Nicholas Holl), willing to put work up for auction prefer to see their treasures at specialized trades on only one segment of the art market.

In recent years, Christie's rather often presents a variety of innovations associated with the sale of products of the above two categories. In 2005, the House postponed its major New York auction of paintings by old masters from January to April, after three years of this innovation refused and returned to the traditional calendar for all trades.

«old masters "says the European artists who worked during the period from XIV to XIX century. As to the "art of the XIX century", then under it, if it comes to auctions, to understand everything that was to Impressionism (Impressionist works offered for sale together with the works of modernists).

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru