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    Default Where to sell PininFarina drawings?

    Question for car / automobile memorabilia enthusiasts: I have a stack of race car concept drawings by PininFarina from 1998. All signed by PininFarina, some of which are also signed by Carlo Bonzanigo. Where would you suggest I go to sell them?

    It is a somewhat unusual set because the concept, at a fundamental level, was a little ahead of its time because they are all meant to be full EVs, which is one of the reasons the designs were never realised.
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    Default Re: Where to sell PininFarina drawings?

    If these drawings are unique/originals, I would contact Christie's. If not, I have no idea.
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    Default Re: Where to sell PininFarina drawings?

    Actually, in this case, the first port of call is not Christies, it is RM Sotheby's who specialize in car auctions. Too many variables regarding the drawings, so start there. Bonham's is the other place I'd enquire before Christies. These drawings may be for Pininfarina concept EVs like the Ethos 3 or thereabouts. But if these are also for other manufacturers, then really hard to say best way to sell. . . but you may want to check with the Triennale di Milano also.. they may want.

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    Default Re: Where to sell PininFarina drawings?

    Thanks for the replies.

    Before they caught up to the internet age, some places (in NY) that one might have considered are Sotheby's Arcade or Christie's East -- does that betray my age? Anyway, if an auction house, I think it's better to go to a Tier 2 house like Bonhams, Artcurial, Tajan, etc, or specialist units like RM Sotheby's. In any case, with the seller's fee being what it is these days, I would prefer to sell them to a dealer (or a collector) for less money but also, crucially, less hassle.

    BTW, they weren't commissioned by manufacturers but by would-be series creators. It was a comprehensively ill-conceived project, but the drawings are easy on the eye.
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    Default Re: Where to sell PininFarina drawings?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chik View Post
    Thanks for the replies.

    Before they caught up to the internet age, some places (in NY) that one might have considered are Sotheby's Arcade or Christie's East -- does that betray my age? Anyway, if an auction house, I think it's better to go to a Tier 2 house like Bonhams, Artcurial, Tajan, etc, or specialist units like RM Sotheby's. In any case, with the seller's fee being what it is these days, I would prefer to sell them to a dealer (or a collector) for less money but also, crucially, less hassle.

    BTW, they weren't commissioned by manufacturers but by would-be series creators. It was a comprehensively ill-conceived project, but the drawings are easy on the eye.
    Selling at Auction is not that hard, and you can hang on to the catalog. No one will be doing you any favors in the art market, so just do whatever is most fun for you.

    The rules of normal trade don't seem to apply to the art market. So if they will steal from the big people who they should be afraid of, imagine what they do to us little people.

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    Default Re: Where to sell PininFarina drawings?

    How about Bring a Trailer?
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