Domestic Culture
20:21 25 May 2020
Post by: WBJ

Artwork and antiques worth PLN 162.5 mln to be sold in 2019

Artwork and antiques worth PLN 162.5 mln to be sold  in 2019
Source: Pxfuel

The value of artwork and antiques sold was 162.5 PLN million  in 2019, or by 21.8 percent more than in 2018, the Central Statistical Office (GUS).

The Central Statistical Office (GUS) data shows that the most common transactions concerned paintings, the sale of which constituted 68.5 percent the total amount of art works sold. Of this, slightly more than half –  53.6 percent were the sales of contemporary paintings, and 46.4 percent - sales of old paintings, i.e. those dating back to before 1945.

In 2019, the largest share of the total value of art and antique sales was obtained through traditional auctions. The value of sales at auctions was PLN 75.4 million. The second most frequently chosen distribution channel was sales in commercial outlets, which closed with PLN 64.1 million. Works of art and antiques sold via the Internet amounted to PLN 16.8 million,  over 20 percent more y/y.

(PAP

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