Destroying artwork

Tim Simmons · 16th May 2016, 02:19 PM

I do not like the ban but for me the more I think about it. The responsibility for the vandalism falls with the auction house and the person putting the items up for auction. Leaving ideas of monetary values aside both have failed in their duty of care and guardianship of the art. I ask if they were ever seen as art or investment.

Pukka Bundook · 16th May 2016, 04:17 PM

I have no answers, all I can do is shake my head.
To me it is unbelievable that such art -work could be destroyed.
This is incompetence at the highest level, and an action should be brought against the auction house before this becomes the norm.
(Or is it Already the norm??)

Unbelievable.

16th May 2016, 02:19 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	I do not like the ban but for me the more I think about it. The responsibility for the vandalism falls with the auction house and the person putting the items up for auction. Leaving ideas of monetary values aside both have failed in their duty of care and guardianship of the art. I ask if they were ever seen as art or investment. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 16th May 2016 at 05:31 PM.

16th May 2016, 04:17 PM	#2
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	I have no answers, all I can do is shake my head. To me it is unbelievable that such art -work could be destroyed. This is incompetence at the highest level, and an action should be brought against the auction house before this becomes the norm. (Or is it Already the norm??) Unbelievable.