Carnivals Art Auction...

[obx_fintoo]

II feel so bad for them. My son thought he was going to come home and resell them for a great profit. He's a construction worker and knows nothing about art. Needless to say, he can't sell it at any price and his wife is mad at him.

 

Check out this thread. The last two posts have the website and a Customer Service Manager I have dealt with in my past experiences. However, since I'm not sure which ship your son was on (therefore if it was a Carnival in-house auction or Park West, etc.) it may not be who he needs to contact. If it was Carnival, they do have a buy back policy that he needs to persue. Good luck!

[yogimax]

:D Please tell me more..... 6 days till my first cruise!

 

o.k.! By all means attend. The major difference between Park West and Carnival Fine Arts is that the majority of pictures from Park West come unframed and the majority from Carnival F.A. come framed (there are exceptions). In both cases, you will probably be given a print just for attending and have a chance to win larger pieces in a raffle (you will have to pay shipping). There are many winners.

 

Mrs. Yogimax and I have purchased a number of works onboard and have been largely pleased. Most auctioneers are quite good although there are exceptions.

 

Let me give you an example of a purchase we made since a lot of folks like Kinkade. We don't perticularly care for him, but our son and daughter-in-law are fans. We were able to purchase a nice limited edition for them for about $200. The same piece in a Kinkade Gallery would probably run about $1000 (highly overpriced if you ask me, but...)

 

We enjoy learning about the art work and take everything said with the proverbial grain of salt. Like many who have posted, we find the art auctions to be fun, educational and a nice way to meet folks and enjoy a glass of free champagne.

 

I would also add my "amen" to those who think the hairy chest, sexy legs, etc. contests are sexist and juvenile, but who am I to deny pleasure to those who find them entertaining.

 

Bottom line - Attend and Enjoy!

Yogi:)

[obx_fintoo]

II feel so bad for them. My son thought he was going to come home and resell them for a great profit. He's a construction worker and knows nothing about art. Needless to say, he can't sell it at any price and his wife is mad at him.

 

Check out this thread. The last two posts have the website and a Customer Service Manager I have dealt with in my past experiences. However, since I'm not sure which ship your son was on (therefore if it was a Carnival in-house auction or Park West, etc.) it may not be who he needs to contact. If it was Carnival, they do have a buy back policy that he needs to persue. Good luck!

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=250050&highlight=Art+Auction

[Barkingowl]

:D Please tell me more..... 6 days till my first cruise!

 

The auction people hand out raffle tickets when you go in. They will give you more if you register to bid or if you sign up for a credit account. They may even hand them out just for the heck of it.

 

After our cruise on the Liberty we went to Las Vegas for a week around Labor Day weekend as the guests of Park West. They put us up at the Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas. We had a nice room with a view of the pool. They paid for all our meals & took us to the strip to see a Cirque De Soleil show & to dine in some great restaurants. We got to meet Anatole Krasnyansky & Linda LeKinff. We also had 5 art auctions to go to but we were generally free to do what we wanted to. My wife & I had a great time & we bought some art from them. ;)

 

I went to another PW land auction in Charlotte in October & it was terrible. Everything that was being auctioned was stuff that we had seen on the Liberty & in Las Vegas. The people were the killer though. They were no fun whatsoever. We bought a picture by Scott Jacobs & left as fast as we could.

 

I'm looking forward to sailing on the Elation in January because there won't be an auction & I can concentrate on drinking. :D

 

But we buy art that we like. We don't buy it to pop it up on Ebay & flip it. I see too many people getting burned trying to do that.

[yearnin4cruisin]

At least give one a try! They really do have some amazing pieces. Free champagne isn't a bad deal either and if you stay thru the entire auction you do get a freebie to go home with. They say it's worth $90--I don't know about that but I like to give them to friends. I've only bid and won one piece but it is my favorite painting. It's called "Teamwork" by Lucelle Raad.

[jaguar9748]

I like the art auctions.

 

Just like everything else, you have to be careful. Stay away from too much champagne and stay within your budget!!!

 

I think Princess started the art auctions at sea? They're obviously generating big profits and making a majority of buyers happy. I never buy my art for an investment. I see something that will look great in my home and have never been disappointed. However I have to share that the Kinkade I bought 3 years ago I had appraised by my local Kinkade gallery for around $1000. I would never sell it, but it was obviously still a good buy.

 

It's possible to attend the art auctions and still enjoy a lot of the other activities. I still give my casino deposits (!), see the shows, play a game of bingo or 2, check out the disco and so on. The art auctions are just one more way for me to enjoy.

 

By the way, on the Liberty Park West had changed their policy and sent all art framed. That was a nice touch!

[WeLuvVacation]

Actually, if you appreciate seeing great art, then go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Modern, The Frick Collection, The Guggenheim, The National Gallery, The Hirschhorn, etc.

 

If you like lots of kitsch, some down right awful stuff (anyone notice the "bleeding Jesus" outside the Golden Dining room on the Glory last week?), the churned out assembly-line nonsense of such frauds as Peter Max or Salvador Dali in his last years, or some third rate "landscapes" that look like paintbynumbers, then by all means go to the art auction.

 

Moreover, if you do enjoy some of the paintings, AND MANY OF THEM ARE PLEASANT in a decorative way, then if you decide to buy them, DO NOT THINK THAT YOU ARE PURCHASING ANYTHING OF INVESTMENT VALUE, NO MATTER WHAT THE SHILLS FROM THE AUCTIONEERS HOUSE TELL YOU. REMEMBER THEY ARE SELLING THEM "FOR LESS" ON THE SHIP, AND STILL MAKING A PROFIT. THE RESALE VALUE WILL BE MUCH LESS.

 

The way to make money in the art world on an investment basis can be very precarious and requires a fine eye and a sense of trends. You are much better off acquiring something from a young artist who has not made a name yet, but is an "up and comer". Even then purchase something because you truly like it, not because you think it will put your kids through college at some future date.

 

BnB

 

You are a very uninformed person aren't you.

 

Peter Max is one of the most respected artists of the 20th century and so is Dali.

 

It is amazing how you and others here can dismiss out of hand that which you know nothing about.

 

You don't like the auctions, fine, but keep your holier than tho', those that buy are fools attitude to yourself please.

 

And by the way none of the art work is "paint by the numbers".

 

I paint by the numbers, Max and Dali and the others do not.