BADA’s holds first online auction

BADA (The British Antique Dealers’ Association) launches its first live online Auction market this week on Thursday 14 July.

The Association, which represents the UK’s leading fine art and antiques dealers has partnered with art market specialists The Curators Eye to create the www.bada.auction platform, which will host Thursday’s inaugural BADA Auction.

The auction brings together 400 exceptional pieces from over 40 of BADA’s finest dealers including silverware, jewellery, fine art, folk art, sculpture, design, clocks and timepieces, rugs and carpets, Chinese export porcelain, Asian Art and British and European furniture.

The Auction will take place live from the Algonquin Club in Boston, Massachusetts and will be conducted live by auctioneers Silke Berlinghof-Nielsen and Peter Combs. Bidders and collectors can watch the action unfold live from 3.00pm on www.bada.auction

BADA CEO Marco Forgione said: “BADA Auctions offer our members a magnificent opportunity to showcase their exceptional objects of art and antiques to a global audience of buyers and collectors.

“We are helping our members expand in to new markets and make new clients. There is a global audience of buyers and collectors who enjoy buying at auction and now will be able to find the finest objects, free from Buyers’ Premiums, backed by BADA’s code of practice and registered with Certificates of BADA Provenance.

“BADA Auctions focus is on creating a better, safe buying experience.”