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Art auctions for drawings are categorized into antique, modern and
contemporary. Antique drawings are any drawings that were
produced before 1900. Modern drawings are said to have been
created between 1900 and 1949. Contemporary drawings are drawings
that were created from 1950 until the present.
There are a lot of contemporary drawings listed in art auctions that
never get a bidder. There are many reasons for this. One of
the main reasons is that the starting bid is set so high that it
discourages interest. There was an art auction for a drawing that
was created in 2000 that depicted James Dean welcoming Elvis Presley
into heaven. The starting price for this art auction was twelve
million dollars. It is not surprising that it did not get a
bidder.
Another pen and ink drawing in an art auction that was listed for a lot
more than it was worth. The original listing started at
$825,000.00 and when it didn’t sell, the artist lowered the price to
$545,000.00. He offers the copy write to the design, which he
thinks would translate well for prints, posters or greeting cards.
There was an art auction for a drawing that was purchased in 1971
London that did very
well. The seller of the drawing inherited it from his
grandfather, who was the original owner. He started the bidding
at a reasonable $599.00 and the drawing ultimately sold in the art
auction for over twelve thousand dollars. He did a great job
describing and picturing the drawing.
Antique drawings in art auctions can garner a lot of interest.
Drawing of two men in the nude that was drawn in the 1800’s went for
more than eleven thousand dollars. This drawing was pen and ink
and had a brown wash and traces of charcoal on lines of black pencil.
An antique drawing made by Sir Francis Grant in 1832 was very
interesting. The drawing in the art auction was of a woman and
her daughter in
Scotland.
The drawing was a signed original and sold for two thousand
dollars. It may end up framed and hanging in a collection of
similar pieces. It was really nice.
Another reason that art auctions for drawings don’t sell is that they
are listed in the wrong categories. Several contemporary pieces
were found to have been listed in the antique category. With so
much competition in art auctions, it is important to make sure every
detail is noticed.
Modern drawings are by far one of the people’s favourite art auctions.
Well known artist’s drawings can fetch a lot of money in online art
auctions. If the title of the art auction contains the words
original Picasso, for example, it is sure to go over two thousand
dollars. If the item is signed, it can go for much more.
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