Contemporary On-line Art Auction
Vitaly Vinogradov
http://www.artconte.com
Our experts have compiled the following sales for November '99:
Russian Graphics - http://www.artconte.com/aa/rg/auction.shtml (Sale
started)
European Sculpture - http://www.artconte.com/aa/novem99/auction.shtml
Young British Printmakers -
http://www.artconte.com/aa/bp/printmakers.shtml
American Digital Artists - preview available from next week
Press Release
How does one price contemporary art?
ArtConte is the first on-line art auction dedicated exclusively to
contemporary art.
Artconte strives to be the best opportunity on the Internet in bringing an
artist and a buyer together .
The motto of Artconte auction is 'the Art direct from artists'.
It provides the opportunity for buyers and art collectors to achieve the
best price for artwork
and for artists to get an unpresedent exposure.
As the auction on -line, Artconte shares similar concept with a conventional
auction house,
but has its specific features too. A buyer gets a free service and an
artist pays as litle
as 4% commission on any item sold.
Buying from the art auction on-line one might enjoy the pleasures of
purchasing art objects -
privacy, exciting process of biding on the auction.
Would you like to buy a work of Andy Warhol from his studio before he became
famous?
Artconte gives you even more - a fun to find your own picture (make your own
discovery)
out of hundreds and thousands of international artists integrated in
database as well as
a possibility to contact an artist directly.
Thirty years ago contemporary art was not sold at auctions and it did not
even exist as a market.
Quite opposite it was a sophisticated structure of galleries, dealers and
consultants who 'ruled'
the art world. This "middleman tower" made them inaccesable for artists and
collectors.
This situation caused the speculation about the main question of
contemporary art market -
the prices on contemporary art.
Let's think of a Cadillac' price. How much do you pay for an old Cadillac?
And what about marble one?
Artconte offers a 16 tonnes Cadillac sculpted out of carrares marble block
by the French artist Roland
Baladi just for $200.000.
And what about a table 8'x 4' made out of clear resin and leftovers after a
dinner party for six.
Made by Vitaly V. and Unus Safardiar, table could cost you $40.000.
Contemporary art transforms old values and gives them a new face. So how to
price them?
Artconte seems to be the first business which would challenge to solve this
difficult problem.
Artconte runs a general auction for under $500 where any artist could put a
work up for sale and
price it. And there is another auction where the collections of works are
carefully selected by board
of experts who estimate the current value. Therefore there is a choice for a
buyer.
The market of contemporary art creates its own art sales index.
The Internet gives us an instant access to wide range of art. Is the instant
access true for persuing
the art itself or do we have to wait when somebody lead our taste towards
understanding of it?
As there is an instant access to its understanding why there is no instant
access to buy it?
Hope this is of interest to you. If you require additional information
please do not hesitate
to contact us on 0171 740 6626
Lucy Lipskaya
Marketing director
Artconte Ltd
http://www.artconte.com
solv...@btinternet.com
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more chance thrown in . . . . . .
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or see
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