On Oct 26, 3:21 pm, number6 wrote:
> On Oct 26, 1:22 pm, JeffGers...@webtv.net (Jeff Gersten) wrote:
> I don't think fraudulent or a scam ... If misrepresentation is just
> exaggeration ... I'll agree there ... but they are definitely not
> worth even a fraction of what they are sold for ... I don't really
> fault the auctioneer to get as much as possible for what he is
> selling ... that is his job ... What something is worth is what
> someone is willing to pay for it ... Stateside ... that painting was
> sold for 1,000 ... Someone was willing to pay for it ... making it
> worth 1,000 ... if on the cruise the same painting sold for 5,000 ...
> someone was willing to pay for it making it worth 5,000 ... What's an
> LT signed football worth ... ??
I disagree and I have proof. I am a collector of Thomas Kinkade.
All of which I have bought on board ships. I have taken the signed
and
numbered paintings into a local Kinkade gallery with the reciept and
the gallery has told me thy can't touch the price of what I bought.
Usually several hundred dollars (>$300 which I bought them for).
I will say that the buyer has to know the value of what they are
buying. Like any auction (art or otherwise) they need to know the
value of what they are buying.
> As long as they don't lie about what it is ... I think they are very
> careful not to ... otherwise ... there is fraud ... I personally wish
> they were guilty of fraud ... then there would be no more art
> auctions ... Although I like walking around looking at the artwork ...
> I wouldn't miss them at all ... The free drinks and goodies can't even
> get me to sit through one ...
They don't lie. They can't. Your money is refunded if they
do lie or miss represent what they are selling.
You have to do your research. Are you buying an
Original, lithograph, sero-lithograph? What are you buying and
what is it worth? Folks do your homework. The auctonier is
very honest with what they are selling.
The Art Auction is like any other vender on board the ship.
They tend to do these on sea days to attract the most people.
I have met Gallery owners who come on board only for the
auctions only for the reason they know they can buy these works
for less than land prices and not have to pay tax on them.
You buy art to enjoy it. Not to profit from it. Also not
to be taken adantage of. You don't buy any hit ticket item
(ie.car, appliance or furnature) without knowing prices. Art
work is no diffrent.
>
> Look at this bracelet ... ONLY $200 ... !!! 24 KARAT GOLD !!!!
> plated ...
> Now things like that happen at every Caribbean port ...
The Gift Shops on board do this exact same thing. Haven't you
seen Gold By The Inch....Its plated and wears off after a couple
years.
Is the ship Scaming you? No because the Gift Shops are also a vender.
The Cruise Line is not responsible for what the Gift Shop sells you.
They
are an Outside Vendor.
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