Bloomsbury's and Dreweatts are one now - so anything that Bloomsbury failed to sell will go in to this auction - and vice versa

Nevertheless not a very impressive selection of works and will no doubt have a negative impact on how the Urban Contemporary auction goes on the 21st October.

I like the randomness of Dreweatts Urban Auctions. Giving exposure to up and coming and not so well known artists is a good thing in my eyes.
However, this does seem a little strange. Having so many prints by so few artists, can't be good for people interested in selling their own prints soon. but for buyers what a golden opportunity.
Dreweatts are in the buisness of making money and they will make money from this.

Hi,

I guess this is the wrong place for my question but does anyone know what happened to the WallKandy forum.....seems to have gone into hibernation.

Thanks

True, but compared to what Laz was charging for it about 2-3 years ago it's a "bargain."

Back then I emailed Laz about "We Come in Peace" they told me it would be £4000 + VAT and shipping. (over $8000 usd at the time) Uh no thanks — I bought a Barry Mcgee painting instead. Good thing, now the print is estimated at a whopping 800-1200. At least Laz cashed in while they could.

Funny to see everybody pooh-pooh this auction. Every week dozens of these prints are bandied about on here and ebay for stupid money. Why wouldn't Drewatts see a market there? All prints gathered together under one roof for your convenience. Win win.

Thats true, its a prints sale, easy to sit here and pass judgement and i hold my hand up as im guilty of that, i wouldnt like to have to organize it though! is it still Mary who does all that?.

What's their cut-off for consignments? Still accepting submissions?

Would think the catalogue is up now but no harm in trying.

Cut off was the 6th sept...

anyone know what the standard deal is with an art house auction, ie how much cut they take of the sale price and whether there are any other fees?

Seller pays in the region of 15% of hammer price + vat, + a small % of the hammer price as insurance premium... and also a flat fee (say , £75- 100) for the catalogue listing.
All sellers fees are negotiable...the higher its likely to sell for, the better you can negotiate and therefore the lower your fees..

Buyer pays hammer price + buyers premium (usually in the 20-25% region) + VAT + droit de suite if applicable...

Of course it varies from place to place, but thats roughly what to expect.

it depends what you are consigning and who you speak to. The better the piece the more will be given away by the house in order to get it in for sale. As a rule buyers premiums are set and do not change.

Dreweatts don't deal with rif raf

interesting.

thanks for the info.

reviews of these places don't appear too often....

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Not bad, just not good, i sell and buy a lot of Design works and also Fine Antiques via Auction houses and have been in the game for decades which i think is long enough to know what to sell and where, i think with Dreweatts they were just getting on to the "Urban" market then and it was Mary's baby if you like, i would still buy there if the piece was right but would not entertain selling there. Christies and Sothebys for Antiques and PDP, Dorotheum, Quittenbaum and Artcurial mostly for Design and Art i find works. I always make a point of speaking with the head honcho.