News & Views

The inaugural Gallery Weekend art fair returns for its 2018 edition this Nov 29 to Dec 2.

A press release cites the fair as a "dynamic celebration of aesthetic and cultural diversity across Malaysia's capital city."

GWKL 2018 will feature a multitude of exhibitions, special events, gourmet, as well as the Luminary Programme.

The programme will include panel discssions by international culture influencers and experts such as:

The more and more online bidding platforms are used for simulcast auctions — and in the case of pre-live auction bids being accepted — there appears to be increased confusion. We wrote about one type of such confusion here:https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/simulcast-auctions-how-they-work-and-how-they-dont/

Essentially, any person on earth can buy from Amazon.com (or countless other online retailers.) Let’s see, what’s involved in such a transaction? Click? Yep, pretty much. No disputes, withdrawals, re-offering, reselling … just “click” and it’s yours.

Further, my neighbor who buys from Amazon all the time says that their return policy is straightforward as well — not happy? Return it. There is no question that commerce generally is moving this direction as customers demand more flexibility and ease of buying.

We were prompted to write an article concerning bibles and flags at auction In 2014 after a number of auctioneers told us “We don’t sell bibles or flags at our auction,” or in a few cases, “It isn’t right to sell a bible or flag at auction.”

That aforementioned article can be read here:https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/bibles-and-flags-at-auction/