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Art auctions from buyers perspective
11 years ago
I've now bought a few items from both EF19 and EF20 Art Show auctions and have a few things to say to artists..
Generally I don't like buying prints, even limited ones. I know digital art needs to be printed anyway so for digital artists its a bummer - but its just not very nice buying an expensive 'limited print 1/1' of size A or on material B - when next year the same artist puts the same art up on the auction again in a different size or format. Might as well buy a poster of it for 5 eur.
Original traditional art has that exclusive feeling to it and the personal connection that you get to have the actual piece of canvas or material and ink that the artist has held in his or hands. Prints just don't have that feeling. And even if you see the art somewhere printed you know that you have the original :3
Frame your art nicely. Piece of paper without a frame looks really bad on the auction wall - whereas a good frame with the right color and right spacing can actually become part of the artwork by accentuating the piece.
I know buyers buy the art for the art - not the frame. BUT and this is a big but - if you want to appreciate your buyers - make them love you and come back for more next year. It helps a lot when the art I've bought has a frame I can actually hang from my wall - maybe for years. If its substandard I have to go through the bother of re-framing the piece.
A good frame with a glass will protect the piece when I transport it in my luggage back home but if you are bringing art to the auction in your own packaging then please, please leave the packaging at the auction so that buyer can re-wrap it. Especially for larger pieces.
Thank you :3
Generally I don't like buying prints, even limited ones. I know digital art needs to be printed anyway so for digital artists its a bummer - but its just not very nice buying an expensive 'limited print 1/1' of size A or on material B - when next year the same artist puts the same art up on the auction again in a different size or format. Might as well buy a poster of it for 5 eur.
Original traditional art has that exclusive feeling to it and the personal connection that you get to have the actual piece of canvas or material and ink that the artist has held in his or hands. Prints just don't have that feeling. And even if you see the art somewhere printed you know that you have the original :3
Frame your art nicely. Piece of paper without a frame looks really bad on the auction wall - whereas a good frame with the right color and right spacing can actually become part of the artwork by accentuating the piece.
I know buyers buy the art for the art - not the frame. BUT and this is a big but - if you want to appreciate your buyers - make them love you and come back for more next year. It helps a lot when the art I've bought has a frame I can actually hang from my wall - maybe for years. If its substandard I have to go through the bother of re-framing the piece.
A good frame with a glass will protect the piece when I transport it in my luggage back home but if you are bringing art to the auction in your own packaging then please, please leave the packaging at the auction so that buyer can re-wrap it. Especially for larger pieces.
Thank you :3
I hate prints. I never buy them. Only original traditional art plox. The best pieces I have seen have been large paintings with really beautiful frames. I also never never small paintings. What the heck do I do with letter-size stuff anyway.