The latest Slotin Folk Art Auction is happening today and tomorrow down in Buford Georgia. We have the catalogue and the collection being auctioned this weekend is massive. Both Tuffy P and I enjoy folk art and we’ve bought works from previous Slotin auctions. It would be great fun to be there live for an auction like this one, and an opportunity to visit Georgia too. In the past, we’ve bid live on-line. They also do telephone bidding. I think these guys do an auction a couple times each year.
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Hell, mr. anchovy, I would be interested in watching one of these for a bit. Sounds like fun. Does one watch a streaming video of the action? I hope.
I guess I should just check out one of these and find out for myself.
Steve, it isn’t a streaming video. You see a box that shows a photo of the item up for bid, along with the title and artist. On the side, there are thumbnails of the next few pieces that are going to come up. You see the bids going up in a box under the picture, and at each interval, you see a bid button with the amount the next bid is for. There are specific bidding increments which change as values go up. If you are the high bidder, it says so in green and if you are the successful bidder, it tells you that too.
continued… the final price isn’t the final price. There is a 20% buyer’s premium…that’s how the auction house makes their dough…and there is shipping. In our experience, they are fair on shipping costs. Next time one of their auctions comes up, I’ll let you know. To bid, you have to register ahead of time. You also have to create a user name and password to access the system. They use an outfit called LiveAuctioneers.
cont’d… The whole business is tremendous fun. When we can afford it, we bid on a few modestly priced works, and if we can get any at really good prices, we buy a work or more. If you Google Slotin Auctions, I think you can still see the catalogue.
A folk art auction in Georgia sounds like the perfect way to spend a November weekend. I think it’s a definite destination for some future November. Are you planning to bid on anything this year?
Yes.