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LAPADA fears impact of ARR extension on members in 2012
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pre-eminent in importance to LAPADA dealers, accounting for nearly a quarter of all sales by value, followed by UK buyers at 20%. There is a considerable gap between them and the next most important nationality, Australians, who accounted for 8.4% of sales by value. Meanwhile 72% of all business is still
conducted within the UK. The survey also revisits the Artist’s
Resale Right. Around 90% of all respondents deal in at least some form of fine art, although most are involved in areas that have not been affected by ARR until now, with only around 20% saying they had made payments. There is some evidence of dealers moving away from trading in works by living artists since 2010, but it is not clear whether this is significant. Average royalties paid dropped from £1750 to £750 over the period. What is more of a concern, however,
is the far greater number of works traded that were by artists who have died within the last 70 years and, as of January 1, 2012, qualify for ARR. The average number of such works sold per dealer in 2011 was 58, with the sales accounting for 23% of average turnover for the year. LAPADA called the anticipated effects for the coming year “worrying”. The average time per transaction given
for administering ARR is 68 minutes. When asked whether they had specific
issues or difficulties with administering, paying or dealing with ARR, responses ranged from “None so far. Wait for it” to “Too many to list” and “No sales but still have to deal with their paperwork”. The main focus of the survey, however,
was the internet. Dealers who did not sell online gave a number of reasons for avoiding the internet. These ranged from “stock not suitable” and “not our way of doing business” to “I get enquiries but they never bear fruit” and “the difficulties of sending pieces securely”. There is still a feeling among some
dealers that clients won’t buy without handling pieces first and among others that they simply don’t have the time to develop a web option for sales. There are others, however, who are working on improving their internet presence as a trading platform. As buyers, meanwhile, dealers have
been far more active across the board when it comes to the web, with 66% of respondents saying they had purchased stock via the internet in the past 12 months. The 34% who had not gave the same broad range of reasons for not doing so as they gave for their own clients not buying from them via the internet. LAPADA chief executive Sarah
Percy-Davis expects to spend much of the coming year trying to persuade non-converts that internet trading is an essential part of future business. “In the coming year LAPADA, in
responding to feedback from members, will be focussing its efforts on promoting our members online, thus raising the association’s profile globally as well as promoting our industry as a whole to the home market,” she said. And she added: “We have already
acted on our dealers’ requests for more help with regards to internet business, as we have already announced a significant deal to benefit LAPADA members with the leading web marketplace 1stdibs.”
Museum buys Leach classic
THIS slipware charger by Bernard Leach has been acquired by the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston. Previously in the private collection
Alex Capon Carl Nestor
of Leach’s son David, the 16½in (42cm) dish with a trailed ‘well head’ design, signed and dated BL 1929 to the base, was acquired from him in the late 1990s by his close friend Andy Christian, the first director of The Devon Guild of Craftsmen. It was sold by Maak, the London-based specialists in contemporary ceramics, on May 17 for £12,000 (£14,400 including premium). Stephanie Murfin, curator of
decorative art at the Harris, described it as an important purchase for the museum, who had been looking to build on their existing collection for some time. “On his return to the UK from Japan
in 1920, Leach heralded a new chapter in British ceramic history – one that [our] existing collection did not explore until
Above: slipware charger by Bernard Leach.
now. Our aim in acquiring an example of Leach’s work is to secure a piece that best encapsulates the artist’s early spirit of experimentation and his distinctive philosophy, one based on fusing the cultures of East and West, promoting the value of hand over machine production, and the importance of ceramic practice as a unified creative and technical endeavour.”
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