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Chinese auction houses are now selling works at a pace formerly associated with those in London and New York.

Placing a cash deposit is a common practice in mainland Chinese auctions, and has been used more recently by international auction houses.

Auction houses have started to inform. the Peruvian authorities when they are offered goods that might have been trafficked .

Some auction houses have exploited its immaturity by persuading designers and their galleries to put their own work up for sale.

Auction houses may do it for free if the work is going to be sold through them.

The combatants include governments, museums, art dealers and auction houses as well as archaeologists and private collectors.

Many auction houses turn a blind eye, since the higher the price, the higher their commission.

When auction houses simply "cough" a little nowadays, galleries and wealthy businessmen all quickly shift to oil paintings.

As prices rise, the stakes for auction houses appear to be rising, especially as the level of guarantees rises.

river north features loft buildings that house art galleries , auction houses , antique dealers , jewelers and clothing boutiques.

A third problem is the short lifespan of many Chinese auction houses, which can best be described as here today, gone tomorrow.

Markets around the world are looking to China to buoy their financial prospects. So are art auction houses.

In the decade since the scandal both auction houses have concentrated on expansion.

But the insane bidding in overseas auction houses has brought the cost of Chinese relics to ridiculous levels.

Many in the region see art as an asset class, so prices have headed dramatically upwards at regional auction houses.

Since tastes and fashions change, auction houses are constantly re-evaluating what works are vital to obtain, thus justifying a guarantee.

No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.

But China's home-grown auction houses have also been plagued by fakes, smuggling and long-standing suspicions of price manipulation.

Both galleries operate independently of the auction houses, but the relationships are close.

The secondary market, by contrast, involves the resale of art objects, either through private dealers or auction houses.

As the art-market recovery gets under way, auction houses now face a particularly delicate moment.

The old masters are too important to be left to these experts and snobs and auction houses.

Records could continue to tumble in forthcoming sales of postwar and contemporary art by both auction houses later this week.

Buy low-priced auction houses without lump - sum cash on hand, the past can only be nothing.

A loosely controlled army of agents trawl global galleries and auction houses hunting for specific cultural items.

That makes it more important for auction houses to tailor their marketing to the Chinese, who are active in other categories as well.

Most auction houses have their own rules and policies for authenticating a piece, placing a piece on auction and making a sale.

The secondary market involves the resale of art objects, either through private dealers or via auction houses.

The book wryly anatomises how dealers , auction houses and high - profile collectors confer value on art and then maintain or increase it .

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After first identifying who owns what, dealers or auction houses must then convince these owners that the time is right to sell.

Auction houses also are a popular place to sell potentially valuable items.

One thing that differentiates the two auction houses is their ownership structure.

But auction houses also broker the sale of works behind-the-scenes in what they call "private treaty" deals.

Other London auction houses regularly included this niche in general sporting art sales.

historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses.

Big auction houses lost hundreds of millions of dollars on guarantees and stopped offering them.

The two main auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, fared quite differently last week.

International wine auction houses and dealers have already reacted to the tax cut.

Yet it is not all bad news for the auction houses of Paris, which benefited from a buoyant global market in 2007.

While auction houses like Christie's and Sotheby's report prices paid, they're a secondary market.

Both auction houses have previously owned dealers, with mixed success.

Dealers and auction houses now sell more post-war and contemporary art than anything else.

The five big fish wholesalers at Tsukiji are also the five big auction houses at Tsukiji.

Dealers and auction houses have approached the internet warily.

In the 1960s auction houses across the world introduced bidding by telephone, but the take-up was slow.

Away from the world of bisected cows and video installations, Chinese auction houses have emerged as big players.

Many people remember 2001, when a general financial recession drove prices well below guarantees, costing the auction houses dearly.

When art prices fell, auction houses struggled to attract sellers.

Twenty years ago auction houses sold to dealers, and dealers sold to private customers.

The zero tax rate has attracted big auction houses to the wine trade in the ex-colony.

The auction houses, pleased with the changes, sent a memo of support, and in 2010 the Legislature passed the amended bill.

Buyers from mainland China have become important to the major auction houses.

In 2008 the two main auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, sold just under $700m worth of Old Master paintings.

Both auction houses have also put a lot of effort into advising buyers on how to improve their collections.

On the mainland, auction houses were banned until 1992.

Watch brands have a love-hate relationship with auction houses.

Wine merchants and auction houses say they are doing everything they can to filter out the fakes.

Chen's works have also been auctioned at major auction houses in China.

According to the study, dealers generated 51 percent of sales in global art versus 49 percent generated by auction houses.

Assessment: With contemporary art sales rocketing at Hong Kong auction houses, it seems natural to have your shoes announce your arrival.

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