Wickliff & Associates Auctioneers, Inc., regarded in the auction industry as Indiana’s leading fine arts auctioneers, announced today it has agreed to a partnership with Artfact, LLC, a global auction marketing and antiques database.
Artfact is the world's largest and most comprehensive fine auction database service including unabridged upcoming and past auction catalogs and price results for over 2,000 prestigious international art, antiques, and collectible auctioneers. Wickliff joins the ranks of such auction houses as Christie's, Sotheby’s, Doyle's, Eldred's, Hindman, and Weschler's as a Platinum Partner.
Beginning with beta testing in November, 2008, Artfact will also provide partners with an online, real-time platform upon which to broadcast live auctions, ArtfactLive!. The eBay Live Auctions platform, previously offered as a service by Artfact and formerly the most prevalent among live auction broadcast services, will cease in December, 2008, per an announcement made by eBay earlier this year.
“We were pleased to be solicited by Artfact, the leading auction marketing and antiques database in the world,” said Darin Lawson, CAI, auctioneer and Vice President of Wickliff. He added, “We’re also happy to be able to offer our clients a stable, worldwide marketing solution with ArtfactLive.com, a service should eliminate the hassles and issues that had been a part of eBay Live Auctions.”
Wickliff Auctioneers holds many auction records for the sale of paintings by historic, listed Indiana artists, but over the last two years, has begun to expand their marketing of art by historic European artists, having shipped many paintings overseas, as a result of the affiliation with Artfact.
Since 1991, Wickliff has sought to provide the highest quality items from estates and individuals to auction buyers. Catalogued auctions are conducted on a monthly basis, with the photos and descriptions of each item available on the Wickliff web site prior to each auction event.
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