Thursday, June 5, 2014

Art Auction Fundraiser Tips For An Artist

By Sally Delacruz


Raising funds, gaining publicity or getting good prices sometimes prove to be difficult to acquire. With this fact, an art auction fundraiser becomes an ideal strategy that non-profit organization can use to raise funds, artists gain free publicity, and bidders get to have quality arts at an affordable price. In order for an artist to be able to accomplish set goals, the guidelines below can be of help.

Make sure your opening proposal and selling price are always at sensibly low price irrespective of whether your arts are going to be auctioned silently or live. Higher prices are likely to scare away the bidders since most of them come to the events for a better bargain. Being an artist with quality, your past performance will enhance bidding at a fair selling price regardless of how the opening bid might be.

One should donate to a fundraiser that is not related to art only when it is an established auction or you do not have any doubts on the goals of the organization. Supposing you are promised of career benefits, then you should be very keen on acting upon it blindly. When you donate to fundraisers that have only few art pieces and blended with other merchandise, or attract environmentalists, health care, politicians or other non-related professionals will have very insignificant impact on your career.

It is always a prudent measure of doing a detailed research on an organization that might request for a piece of your work. You can try to find out on who they are, whether they have conducted fundraisers before, and the trend of success in it. You can also get to know the names of artists that are donating to the function or those that have donated at past fundraisers.

Talking with the event conductors will give your information on the range and types that have ideal prices prior to deciding on the pieces that you will settle on donating. Make further inquiries for provision of catalogs or websites on former auctions so as to confirm in person. Pin pointing accurately the budget and the taste of the dealer on your art, the likelihood of it being appealing and able to go for a good price rises higher.

Including your information on contact and bio on your contribution will aid in attracting while also introducing you to several other collectors. Those individuals that will get to enjoy your arts will definitely be more probable to bid them highly if they have information about you, things you have accomplished in your work, and also on ways they can be able to reach you. Maintain simplicity and highlight as they will work just perfectly.

Avoid donating at every individual cause which asks for your artistic piece especially in the case you own a gallery representation. This is because you may end up minimizing your market, or instilling an idea to the collectors that they wait till the coming event to buy cheaply rather than purchase at galleries. If you have a burning desire to offer support to charities, you can sell through retail channels and make cash donations.

Make sure that the best items are what you present and not the old ones that you are planning of disposing. Put in mind that the reason for this is support a cause that is charitable and by bringing inferior arts you may end damaging your reputation on your abilities.




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