tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post1285300359894317018..comments2023-12-28T23:27:33.142-05:00Comments on DLK COLLECTION: 2009 Photography Auction SummaryDLKCOLLECTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14875914464454488384noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-44856278181827230602010-03-04T05:45:53.023-05:002010-03-04T05:45:53.023-05:00200 million can go along way though.
if 200 milli...200 million can go along way though. <br />if 200 million is spread among 10000 artists, it is still 20000 a year. <br /><br />200,000,000 divided by <br /> 10,000http://isleofmanmansions.blogspot.com/http://isleofmanmansions.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-51902859331004843952010-01-08T22:51:39.892-05:002010-01-08T22:51:39.892-05:00As an appraiser, we use very general market overvi...As an appraiser, we use very general market overviews. That the buy-in rate average is 41% is a pretty good indicator of the market in general.<br /><br />Galleries are often restricted by client confidentiality so getting sales data from them can be difficult.<br /><br />The prices that galleries post are what they truly feel a piece is worth, but not neccessarily what they sell it for.<br /><br />So DLK calculations as a general market indicator are as accurate as artprice market indicators are or the Mei Moses art index.<br /><br />It was pretty clear that the auction houses all scrambled to lower their reserves to lower the buy-in rates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-64967846051567484972010-01-08T16:52:08.082-05:002010-01-08T16:52:08.082-05:00QT is absolutely right that this analysis is focus...QT is absolutely right that this analysis is focused on the narrow world of "fine art" photography (however we might define that term), where sales are primarily tallied via a third party retail gallery or auction house, rather than directly via the artist him/herself. It was not meant to include or exclude any specific photographers or types of photographers, just to tabulate the market data that is most readily available and extrapolate from there. <br /><br />Trying to accurately add in all the sales of art photography that happen outside the usual fine art distribution systems would be pretty hard, as there isn't any reliable data to use for the calculations. You may indeed be right that the transaction volume for this kind of art photography may be substantial (and growing), but it is hard to verify at this point.DLKCOLLECTIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875914464454488384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057826380522065501.post-48623567128815376122010-01-07T17:37:11.181-05:002010-01-07T17:37:11.181-05:00I find it difficult to believe that the entire mar...I find it difficult to believe that the entire market for photography (as defined by print sales) would be just 200M. <br /><br />For instance, I have read that Peter Lik alone sells annually for tens of millions through his galleries/stores. I assume that you (as well as the "art world") are not interested in his work, yet what he sells are photographs, and the people who buy them refer themselves as collectors. <br /><br />There are also likely tens of thousands of photographers offering prints on the internet. If each of them sell maybe $10,000 of prints each year your number would be easily exceeded.QT Luonghttp://www.terragalleria.comnoreply@blogger.com