WHAT DID THE BIG BRITISH NAMES DO IN THE YEAR 2021?
BACON’S PORTRAIT OF HOCKNEY!!!
BACON LEADS THE FIELD BUT THE YEAR OVERALLL IS DOWN ON THE YEARS 2020, 2019.
2019 2020 2021
BACON 34,000,000 60,000,000 21,000,000
MOORE 861,000 XXX 1,563,000
LOWREY 4,500,000 1,200,000 2,100,000
HOCKNEY XXX XXX 5,000,000
RILEY 2,350,000 XXX 2,700,000
THE YEAR 2021 DID NOT ATCH EARLIER YEARS FOR THE TOP ARTISTS OF BRITAIN BUT IT NOT NOT COLLAPSE EITHER. THERE IS HOPE THAT THE MONEY WILL RETURN, CONFIDENCE WILL BE MORE ROBUST AND THE BILLIONS AUCTIONS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY WILL BE BACK.
OF COURSE CONFIDENCE IN THE MARKET IS PIVOTAL AND THE MAGNET TO ATTRACT MAJOR PIECES OF ART ON THE MARKET AND DELIVER THE RESULTS ALL ART INVESTOR HOPE FOR. WE REMAIN POSITIVE ON MOST ART MARKETS AND SO IS THE BRITISH ONE FROM ENGLAND TO SCOTLAND AND WALES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT NAMES WON’T GIVE UP MUCH GROUND FOR YEARS TO COME BUT AS OUR SHORT COMPARATIVE TABLE POINTS OUT 2021 WAS A YEAR THAT POINTS NORTH RATHER THAN SOUTH! IN OUR OWN DEALINGS AND SALES WE HAD A FEW GOOD RESULTS FOR MIONOR ARTISTS WE HAD NO CHANCE OF SELLING A FEW YEARS BACK. THUS WE NEARLY SOLD ALL THE STOCK WE HAD IN ENGLISH ARTISTS PLUS A FEW OF GREEK INTEREST.
PETER CONSTANT BA MA
