Iingcali ezibhida eLondon ngexesha loThengiso lweeNkcubeko zoBugcisa zaNgokuhlwa, ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo kuJuni.Sotheby's Kwangoko kulo nyaka, xa kwabonakala ngokucacileyo kuyo yonke indlu yefandesi ukuba iifandesi zomntu ngekhe zibekho kwixesha elizayo elibonakalayo, abadlali beyona shishini likhulu bashukume ngokukhawuleza batshintsha imisebenzi yabo nokuba yeyiphi na okanye phantse yonke i-intanethi. UChristie uqhubekile nokucwangcisa ukuthengisa kwi-Intanethi amatyeli amane phakathi kwenyanga kaMeyi nekaJuni njengoko bekukho ngo-2019, kwaye uSotheby naye uxhase phambili ngokuthengisa okuphezulu kweememorabilia zemidlalo kunye nokusebenza ngamagcisa adunyiswayo. Umsebenzi kaSotheby uhlawulelwe: okwangoku ukunika ingxelo ngentengiso yehlabathi ngaphezulu kwe-5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kulo nyaka, oku kunyuka ukusuka kwi-2019 iyonke eyi- $ 4.8 yezigidigidi.
Inyaniso yokuba uSotheby wakwazi ukubuyisa imbuyekezo phakathi kwesibetho esiyintlekele iyamangalisa ngokwaneleyo, kodwa indlu yefandesi ikwatsho ukuba ikwazile ukutsala uninzi lwabathengi bexesha lokuqala kwiminyaka eyi-15, ene-27% bachaze ngaphezu ko-2019. Bachaza ukuba bazuze esi siphumo ngohlengahlengiso olukhulu lweefandesi zabo - iipesenti ezingama-70 zazo zenzeka kwi-intanethi kulo nyaka, ngokuchaseneyo nama-30% ngowama-2019 - nangonogumbe wamajelo aphuculweyo, ukwenzela ukuba abathengi yenza ngokulula ukuthenga kude.
Ubuhle kunye nendima ebalulekileyo yobugcisa kunye nezinto ezinqabileyo zibonakala zichaphazeleka ngokukodwa ngeli xesha lobhubhane kunye noxinzelelo, utshilo uCharles F. Stewart, umphathi we-Sotheby's, kwingxelo. Kwinyanga nje ezimbalwa, iqela lethu lehlabathi limanyene ekuphumezeni iseti etshintshayo yotshintsho kwishishini lethu, uninzi lwazo oluza kuqhubeka ixesha elide emva kokuba ubhubhane sele uhambile.
Nangona impumelelo kaSotheby isenokungayibonakalisi kakuhle imeko efunyanwa zizo zonke izindlu zeefandesi, ukuvuma kwabaqokeleli ukuthenga ubugcisa abangakhange babubone buqu kubonakala kulula ukuxhomekeka kunokuba uninzi lwalukholelwa ngaphambili. Oku kubonisa kakuhle ikamva lemarike yobugcisa: nokuba ifandesi ephithizelayo iyinto edlulileyo, oko akuthethi ukuba utshintshiselwano oluphezulu luphelile nalo.
