Heritage is easily last place in the urban art genre... Even this list is pretty random.

Wasnt an urban art auction. Just an auction that happened to have some pieces discussed here. The list is absolutely random because it was just a list of pieces I happened to be watching.

I had a cheeky bid on the Harland. Went way above my reserve!

I saw the catalog and yes it was all pretty random.  About 4 total pages of items worth bidding on.  Many pages of sun-bleached miro prints etc....stuff that predator wholesalers buy to pawn off on tourists.  

I'd forgotten just how shit mr brainwash' back catalogue was

pretty random selection as usual from heritage...

Hi All, 

Has anyone dealt with them as buyer and / or seller ?

Am wondering whether they are disorganised, plain incompetent, or running a scam a la "Paddle 8 / Auctionata"...

A month ago I put in a bid (via Artsy) on a piece (skate deck). I won. After a week of sending them emails, I finally got confirmation of winning, and a few days later I finally got an invoice.

Before paying the invoice I asked for details regarding packing and shipping. I always do this to avoid any surprises of bad service or overcharging

It has now been 3 weeks of back and forth emails, with 5 different people at HA, who assure me they are "working on a quote" to get this shipped


It is a f'in skate deck, from the US to the UK...Amazon sells perfect sturdy boxes to ship these, and UPS Expedited or Fedex Priority will have it here in 48 hours


Am now starting to wonder whether I should go through with this at all...quite reticent to send them several thousand dollars ! 



EDIT : BTW if anyone knows the seller of the Hirst deck with the 9 spots and small shark that I bought, I would love to know what HA is telling him / her as to why the lot is still not done with

Heritage pricing is a bit wonky (on the higher side) but shipping was done directly through the auction house and very reasonable priced. They shipped out a 90cm x 80cm sheet flat packed for $45usd. I can only speak for domestic sales as I am US based. They are a decent sized auction house with 5 branches located in the US, and they actual take physical consignments rather than artnet/paddle8 middlemen auctions. Hopefully you can get things sorted.

Thanks.

To be clear there has been no communication with Artsy. All my emails have been with Heritage Auctions.

Unfortunately after several weeks of not being able to sort a simple shipping quote and answer simple questions, I do not trust them one bit to carry this out.

Maybe they are great domestically and should stick to that for now...

Thanks all for your input

Just wanted to set the record straight. Heritage have called to apoplogize for the customer service issue, and have offered some compensation which I appreciate and find very fair.

They have assured me all will go smoothly from now.

That soup can poster looks cool, haven't seen one of those

Would love to know more about the "creases on edges from being rolled" on that Applause. I want to bid but that condition could either be bad, or ok. Messaged artsy to get more info

I think I am going to stay away from Applause. Creases worry me, even though they may be minor. 

truly “mint” Banksy prints are rare and should be priced accordingly - it’s always good to do your due diligence when purchasing as galleries and auction houses are not always as transparent, in regard to actual condition, as we would like them to be