As I am hoping to top-up my Degree and go onto the BA (Hons) year I thought it would be good experience to go and see their auction night to get a sense of what is expected next year. I went to the one that was held in the Plymouth College of Art on Monday 4th March. Even though it wasn't a fantastically huge place to hold it, there was room for entertainment, refreshments and a projector to present the work that was for sale.
I spoke to Nick White who is on the BA year and asked him a few questions while he was at the auction. He discussed about the last auction and even though he didn't think they were going to make as much as last time he hopes that it was still going to be a good amount of earnings. Also they had a print from an artist that was donated to them which, rather then put into the auction they were hoping to approach a private collector to get more money. I also asked why he had picked his particular piece to go into auction as it was not from any of his recent work. He chose it because he thought obviously it would be best to sell but also that the image stood well on its on as his recent work is better viewed as a series. He was also curious to see how the image will do in an action on sale. He thought the image was appealing and thought it would attract a more variety of an audience for selling.
I had never been to an auction before and found it a good experience especially to know what's expected next year. The more work that is available to sell the more chance of getting money so it is good to approach people and see if they would make a donation. Its not something I can see myself doing for a living but it was good to and was also quite fun to see what prints would sell good and what wouldn't.
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