Look Up Auction Results

It can be difficult to put a price tag on artwork that so completely inspires the soul and delights the imagination.

However, it's never good to find that one has paid 75% more than anyone else for that particular piece. The best way for an art lover to gauge the marketplace is to keep tabs on auction results for their favorite artists and styles.

Auction results are important for any serious art collector. The marketplace is often capricious, with different trends and artists coming in and out of favor at various times.

Once one has an idea of his or her taste and favorite artists, getting market info is essential to getting a fair deal on artwork for sale. Bidding wars can get out of hand and for beginners, it can be confusing to know if the price is justified, if the auction house is overcharging commission or if other bidders are driving the prices out of control.

Art collector Eli Broad once said, "People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences."

To avoid overpaying, one can find auction results online, even if he or she has never attended an art auction house or an art auction online.

Before looking to buy original art or participate in auctions on ebay, one should find some intriguing artists and look up artist prices.

One can research discreetly, without the pressure of people hovering around them, chattering and auctioneers shouting. Before attending an auction, it's good to know what one is looking for - and also what one can expect to pay as a fair price. Just because an artist is famous, doesn't mean that all the works will be worth the same amount, so it's good to know the variances in prices for different time periods of that artist's life.

Why pay over $478,000 for a Dali from 1957, when one can pay $5,000 for a piece that's just as enjoyable, but was painted in 1983? Also, one can track market changes through the years and see what someone paid for a certain painting in 1985, 1995 and 2005. Often times, rare or unknown works can be viewed in auction results as well, making the dig an exciting one!

To look up art prices in an instant, there are several websites of which to be aware. The first, AskArt.com, is sometimes referred to as "the artists' bluebook worldwide," with a database of over 100,000 artists - with a focus on American artists from the 16th Century to present. However, as of January 2007, the database was expanded to encompass international artists as well! AskArt.com's mission statement says, "It is the goal of AskART to facilitate the exchange of art and information pertaining to the subject.

We anticipate that our work will better enable art historians and scholars to define and analyze trends, make heretofore unrecognized connections, and establish reputations for those artists who, for whatever reason, may have eluded fame or fortune in their day."

In addition to gaining access to auction results, one can easily look up books, museums, exhibits, auction houses and records, quick facts on a certain artist, magazine ads, image gallery, artist summaries - or participate in a discussion board conversation.

This is perhaps the most user-friendly site one could hope for, with eye-catching topics on the homepage, like "notable sculptors," "highest prices at auctions," or "art for sale by dealers." The curious may research, check the marketplace or browse new popular artists at AskArt with no registration required. It is truly the scholarly collector's best choice for arts resources!

For a more personalized way of tracking art, one can register at ArtPrice.com to keep track of 25 million auction prices and indices, detailed auction results and 405,000 artists.

Find favorite artists in future auctions out of a 2,900 auction house selection, browse 290,000 fine art catalogs, read biographies on emerging artists, check past and present price values for a particular piece and check the marketplace classified ads with over 1,100,000 Artprice members looking to buy and sell fine art.

To look up auction results, art enthusiasts may register at ArtNet.com, where they'll find the price of fine art by over 180,000 international artists from over 500 international fine art auctions, tallying over 3.5 million auction sales.

The new 20th Century Design section is a good find on ArtNet, where browsers can check Tiffany lamps, Ponti chairs and Newson lounges. The high-quality full color illustrations make it enjoyable to browse.

Auction results can be found at ArtPrice.com or ArtNet.com, where one can browse hundreds of auctions and thousands of selections.

ArtPrice has a much larger database with 2,900 auction houses listed, compared to ArtNet's 500 international houses and 3.5 million sales compared to 25 million sales.

However, ArtNet also has a great area with contemporary art for sale, including a design section for the furniture junkies.

Members of sites like Christie's or Sotheby's, may want to check their websites for auction results, without registering. The prices and lots will be listed, without the specifics or photographs. Registered guests may check Sotheby's for illustrated result listings, as well as auction going-rates in real-time, as pieces are sold.

It can be convoluted trying to find auction information on eBay once the auction's already taken place. It's recommended to use one of the other sites instead, before going to auctions on eBay.

Popular auction house sites like Sothebys.com or Christies.com, who sell fine art, will publish their auction results.

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However, Sotheby's is the better of the two, as it shows illustrations and titles along with the prices. Christie's is more or less just a "lot / auction" kind of listing that only pertains to Christie's bidders, who may have been outbid and wondered what their favorite artwork went for.

Auction results hunting can be very enjoyable. Prospective buyers can see rare works by their favorite artists and perhaps even find similar emerging artists.

The advanced notification system and newsletters can alert the busy professional when his or her favorite auction art will be available.