Artfact Live! Monthly Auction Roundup - Important Sale Results from the Artfact Live! Staff Artfact provides key sales results from auctions hosted on Artfact Live! during March. Included in Artfact's monthly auction roundup are sales from Stair Galleries, Cheffins, Alderfer's and Gray's.
Artfact Live! during the past month in which high sell-through volumes were achieved include:
Vectis Auctions, “Specialist Diecast & General Toy Auction” -- March 25, 2009
Vectis netted 312 Artfact Live! sales, totaling almost 50% of the total lots sold.
National Book Auctions, “WWI Posters, Art & Photo Reference, etc” -- March 22, 2009
Artfact Live! produced 42% of all winning bids, equaling 209 lots sold.
Auction Team Breker, “Photographica & Film Auction” -- March 21, 2009
In this sale, Breker sold 294 lots through Artfact Live!, representing 35% of all lots sold.
Note: Auction lot details and large lot images are available at http://www.artfact.com with free registration.
About Artfact:
Founded in 1989, Artfact is the largest global marketplace of fine and decorative arts, antiques, collectibles, and estate auctions. On January 1, 2009, Arfact launched Artfact Live!, its proprietary live auction bidding platform, enabling users to bid real time on auctions being held around the world by its prestigious auction house partners. Currently, over 1,000 fine auctioneers actively list their catalogues with Artfact.com and its U.K. sister site Invaluable.com, reaching the Artfact community of more than 10 million knowledgeable collectors and dealers worldwide. Artfact’s two websites, Artfact.com and Invaluable.com, now have close to 2 million unique visitors monthly, as verified by Quantcast. Artfact's industry leading database includes more than 50 million complete auction results totaling more than $190 billion in value, including information on more than 500,000 international artists. In 2006, Artfact merged with RFC Systems, the leading provider of enterprise software developed specifically for the fine art and antique auction house industry. RFC helps prestigious auction houses around the world manage their businesses by automating their day-to-day operations.
Editor’s Notes:
- Additional background information available.
- Interviews with Doug Ellinger, VP Marketing, dellinger@artfact.com, (617) 219-1082
- Complimentary media subscriptions to the Artfact database available.
