Christie's will reduce its activities in the Netherlands.
That means a new opportunity for the better Dutch auction houses, who will be happy to assist former Christie clients. Art dealer Frank Buunk is positive: "... this also means more business for the art traders, which is beneficial for buyers and sellers. They do not have to pay commission to the auction house." As if art dealers make no profits. Willem Baars, self declared connoisseur of art, who considers 95% of all auctioned paintings fit for the waste bin anyway (and he decides what should remain) is positive too: "Why would Christie's auction paintings of swampy polders or boring flower arrangements in Amsterdam, while in London and New York top pieces go under the hammer?"
That means a new opportunity for the better Dutch auction houses, who will be happy to assist former Christie clients. Art dealer Frank Buunk is positive: "... this also means more business for the art traders, which is beneficial for buyers and sellers. They do not have to pay commission to the auction house." As if art dealers make no profits. Willem Baars, self declared connoisseur of art, who considers 95% of all auctioned paintings fit for the waste bin anyway (and he decides what should remain) is positive too: "Why would Christie's auction paintings of swampy polders or boring flower arrangements in Amsterdam, while in London and New York top pieces go under the hammer?"
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