[JockoLad]

Which auction houses would you recommend for best results (selling) and service?

I am finally pulling the trigger and selling my Silver Flags. I’m not convinced that I will get best value selling privately considering offers that I have received recently.

[JockoLad]

Being massively selfish, I want to make as much as I possibly can.

[bob60]

Jan 14, 2021 8:11:16 GMT 1 JockoLad said:

Being massively selfish, I want to make as much as I possibly can.

As does everybody else selling a print..

[thor]

I would recommend Forum or Sotheby's as these two houses have the best records on sales and prices realised with both houses achieving record results.

[JFCC]

Sotheby’s and Phillips have clearly the most successful places to be selling Banksy prints in 2020, commanding on average 10% better results compared to other auction houses.

Christies and Forum are third but they did the biggest volume in the market last year.

That's the views from the Banksy-Value Q4 report! I personally like Phillips as they've been very easy to deal with.

[lv90210]

Tier 1 - Sothebys
Tier 2 - Forum
Tier 3 - forget it, you wont get the same results as proven at the end of last year.

[eviljguano]

I had very good service and reasonable rates from Christies when I was considering selling my HAND.

I would avoid like the plague selling on here (not the Forum Auctions) the amount of unsolicited opinion and toxicity via PM was astounding when I tried to sell on here.

[lunaturca]

I would like to sell Gold Flag, I saw that Bonhams achieved the best result, but nobody recommends it, why?

[JFCC]

Jan 18, 2021 17:54:05 GMT 1 lunaturca said:

I would like to sell Gold Flag, I saw that Bonhams achieved the best result, but nobody recommends it, why?

Certainly recommend it above others but historically they have always returned slightly less than the other big houses from my own experience but they are really good people to deal with and I have bought a lot from them over the years! They achieved the best price in the year on Gold Flag as they were the last Auction house to sell it.


The order to me remains Phillips, Sotheby's then Forum and Bonhams. Christies haven't done a lot other than the online sale last year which was very successful!

Just my own view!!

[marquis]

Jan 14, 2021 15:17:45 GMT 1 eviljguano said:

I had very good service and reasonable rates from Christies when I was considering selling my HAND.

I would avoid like the plague selling on here (not the Forum Auctions) the amount of unsolicited opinion and toxicity via PM was astounding when I tried to sell on here.

I own a print which one day I'll probably sell. I'm interested why some people choose to sell Banksy via auction rather than in a private sale or through a gallery?

With the exception of originals and the most sought after prints, LIITA, GWRB etc, or if you happen to have a very lucky day with two people battling it out for your print, surely you'll almost always receive more selling privately...

As for dealing with the time-wasting messages, low offers, toxicity etc, surely it's pretty easy to ignore irrelevant messages and sift out the serious enquiries from legit, experienced members with references etc...

And if you don't want that hassle, for most prints it seems to me that selling through a gallery like Hang-Up would almost always be more profitable for the seller than through auction (considering Hang-Up's expensive prices, considerably above hammer, and the fact that their commission on a print in the 50k-100k range is 8%)