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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 2029126, member: 6444&quot;]Ran across an article in the Irish Examiner that may be of interest. Mostly focused on the big auction houses. &quot;The future of art and antiques markets amid Covid-19 pandemic&quot;: <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/homeandinteriors/the-future-of-art-and-antiques-markets-amid-covid-19-pandemic-996098.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/homeandinteriors/the-future-of-art-and-antiques-markets-amid-covid-19-pandemic-996098.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/homeandinteriors/the-future-of-art-and-antiques-markets-amid-covid-19-pandemic-996098.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The auction houses of Ireland and everywhere else are in uncharted waters. Social distancing is not possible at busy viewings as we knew them, nor in crowded auctions rooms. New ways to keep the business afloat must be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technology is an obvious answer but it is not for everyone or everything. Early indications from online sales around the world are that millennials are much happier to buy online than the older billionaires who populate the global contemporary art market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether auction houses are prepared to sell big-ticket items online is as yet far from clear. Private sales have been growing in latter years and this trend is likely to be accelerated by what is going on now. ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Meantime auctioneers are offering online valuation services. The Collector’s Cabinet sale at Mullen’s of Laurel Park in Bray is among Ireland’s postponed sales. Stuart Cole suggests that now is a time for people to hunt for treasure in their own attics.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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