Yes, really ...
... I think that depends on the "provenience" of the customers, please don't misunderstand me, but I'm offering only perfectly restored high-end items and my customers are exclusively interested in quality and confidentiality, so they never will put that question to me.
Watch this
This is an issue one of the main characters in the movie "Please Give" struggles with.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/0878835/
Well
I have been in the high end art business for years and people will always ask, it has nothing to do with the quality you're offering. By the way, its provenance, and provenance is different to how you came about it. It has to do with the history of the piece itself not how anyone builds his collection
Yes people do ask!
I agree people like to know where pieces come from - If I say auction, fairs or house clearances, they seem to think that its something they could do and get a bargain cutting out me the seller - but as I said to a recent customer you need to know what to look for!
Its not a case of lying - its just about knowing a professional answer to give my customers without it sounding like its something trivial and easy that anyone could do.
This is what I tell people:
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This is what I tell people:
The store began as nothing but water and darkness, and all the furniture was in Mid Century Modern Land, above the stone vault that makes up the sky. Eventually Mid Century Modern Land became so crowded that the furniture needed more room, and wanted to move down to earth. Not knowing what was below the water, they sent down a side table to explore. Side table dove below the water and eventually came back with some mud from below. That mud grew and grew, and finally it became the island that I call my store. Eventually my store was dry and the furniture moved down. There still was no light, however, and so the furniture installed lighting. The furniture multiplied rapidly.
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