Saturday, 21 June 2014

Holding Successful Fundraising Art Auctions

By Ina Hunt


People often sell artworks of local artists in order to be able to help an organization with a certain cause and to also help promote the works of these certain local artists. What these people would usually do is to hold fundraising art auctions so that they could sell off these artworks to get some money for the organization. If one is interested in doing this kind of thing, then this guide will be able to help him out.

Of course if one would want to have an art auction, then the very first thing that he has to do is to gather artworks. Now when holding this kind of thing, he has to gather as many kinds of artworks as possible like paintings or sculptures. He may even include other types of modern art like photographs or other handcrafted works.

Now one of the hardest parts of the process would be the acquisition of the artworks because one has to know local artists in order to do so. What most people would do is if they have friends in art galleries, they would just ask them. However, if one does not have these kinds of connections, then they would just most likely team up with an art school.

Once one has already made the necessary connections in order to get the artworks, then the next thing to do would be to get a good auctioneer. Now one may actually opt to organize the entire event by himself. However, if he does not have much experience in auctioning, then it is actually better if he would hire a professional to help out.

Now the great thing about hiring professional auctioneers with the job is that they know how to be able to go about because they are in that field. Now not only will they be able to help with the organization of the flow of the event but they can even help with the determining of the value of each artwork. Basically, they will be able to handle all the technicalities.

Now after all the things have been prepared, then one has to make sure to promote the event properly. Some of the things that he may do would be to create fliers and announcements on his Facebook or Twitter page. Now he should also make sure to mention that the money made from this event will be going to a good cause.

Now before the auction would start, one has to first come up with the amount for the minimum bid. The minimum bid, or also called the opening bid, is the starting price of a certain artwork. From this starting price, the participants will start bidding and bidding until the highest bidder will get the product.

Now one also has to decide what mode of payment he will be offering to the participants. Small auctions would actually only just accept cash because they most probably do not have the technology or manpower to handle other forms. However, big ones would usually accept check or bank transfers.




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