Cruise Ship Art Auctions Scams

For instance Holland America Line partners with London gallery ArtLink to showcase works from emerging artists including hosting lectures cocktail parties and visiting artists that some times will join the cruise to talk about.

Cruise ship art auctions scams. To me there are two business practices on ships that I think are terrible as they are both very scam like rip-offs. An American teacher was even kicked off a holiday cruise for handing out pamphlets that warned other passengers about the onboard auction. Some people go as far as to suggest that cruise ship art auctions use deceptive business practices.

It would be like going to an art gallery for the day and sitting in on a cruise auctionrolleyes. I go on a lot of cruises. Sit back revel in the company of your fellow art lovers have a glass of champagne on us and enjoy.

The cruise ship auctioneers would like you to think that their art is a good investments but many web publications state otherwise many suggesting that they are a scam or at least a very bad investment. A class action lawsuit was filed today against Park West Gallery Inc PWG Florida Inc Vista Fine Art LLC dba Park West at Sea and Albert Scaglione Docket No. Park West Gallery.

These complaints and lawsuits have made other cruisers wary of the entire art auction business and are in part why some cruise lines have canceled their auction programs in favor of art. Shopping Museums Art Museums Art Galleries. Because in the end you will overpay for such artwork.

Their so-called relationships with artists is a lie. Art auctions on cruise ships are fun and exciting but some passengers are wondering if they were misled. The whiff of scandal surrounding high-seas art auctions was the reason I was on the Epic.

Heres a fun scam. While not all cruise lines or ships offer a full art auction almost every cruise line from Carnival to Viking Ocean Cruises offers an art feature. Also try googling Park West along with complaint scam or ripoff.