Cruise Ship Art Auctions Scams

Hes been told.

Cruise ship art auctions scams. Cruise ships shouldnt allow companies to misrepresent their art leading to passengers being scammed. As if any decent artist would risk association with these recalcitrants. I go on a lot of cruises.

The only art you will get for your money at a Park West Gallery Carnival Cruise Ship auction is a flyer. Heres a fun scam. The bottom line is this.

Just google cruise art auctions to find a zillion complaints and articles about them. They are in the business to humiliate relaxed people and con them into buying art that doesnt exist. The other is the whole port shopping marketing program.

For instance Holland America Line partners with London gallery ArtLink to showcase works from emerging artists including hosting lectures cocktail parties and visiting artists that some times will join the cruise to talk about. Some people go as far as to suggest that cruise ship art auctions use deceptive business practices. The reputation of cruise ship art auctions are scandalous at best often involving forged artworks inflated list prices and lawsuits that accuse the ships gallery of preying on drunk passengers.

As I told one recent collector who purchased the entire Rembrandt suite. This post will cover the actual buying process not necessarily the legitimacy of any or quality of any of their artwork. Cruise ship art auctions have the pretense of culture but rarely are any of these pieces sold aboard ships ever on par with Christies or Sothebys -.

I dont think it is the cruise line that scams its passengers as much as it would be the vendors. A Harford County man is among them. The cruise ship auctions will sell a Dali for several thousands of dollars which they will tell you is a steal compared to their appraised value but a quick search online would show that you can buy the same forgery for around 150 on eBay.