Drawings made before the 1900's are called as antique drawings. Those made during 1900's until 1949 are termed as modern drawings. Drawings made starting the 1950's until now are called as Contemporary drawings.

Contemporary drawings get a lot of traffic in art auctions and they never get sold out. A lot of reasons can be blamed for this. One of this is the starting bid is very unaffordable so that it prevents buyers from buying. In 2000, there was this drawing presented in art auction that showed Elvis Presley being welcomed by James Dean into heaven. Twelve million dollars was the initial price for this drawing and its not surprising it didn't get such an interest from bidders.

I came across with this ink and pen drawing thing the art art auction house that priced for a lot than it has to be. It's initial price came at $825,000.00 and when it didn't click to the buyers, the price was lowered down to $545,000.00. The artist agreed for a copywrite for the design which according to him would do good for him for the posters, prints, or greeting cards made out of it.

Around 1971, in London, there was a drawing in art auction that was bought and it did very good for the seller as well as the buyer. The present owner got it from a grandfather of his, the owner of it previously.

Drawings, the antique ones can make a lot of attention to visitors. There was one time i saw in a drawing two men with no clothes on. The drawing was made during the 1800's. The price could be set to more than eleven thousand dollars for this drawing. Black pencil was used with traces of charcoal. Traces of brown wash can also be found.

I was so pleased with a drawing made through Sir Francis Grant's hand around 1832. What is shown in the drawing is a daughter and her mother in Scotland. What's good about this drawing is it is signed and authenticated. Two thousand was the price when it was sold. I will be contented when someday it will be hanged together along with its same category. It's really a nice drawing.

One reason art auctions don't sell good is they are enlisted in the wrong categories. Viewers find it hard to choose what is that they are looking for if art pieces fall into inappropriate categories. With so much registered in art auctions, make sure your art auctions is noticed right away in the exhibit.

My favorite art auctions are the modern drawings. Stamped Degas which i saw one time in an art auction was one that i wanted, but i couldn't afford it as of that moment. In my opinion, the one who finally bought it someday will treasure and cherish it.

Drawings of famous artists could bring in much money in art auctions online. When the title has the words original in it, for example original Picasso, the price could surely be over two thousand dollars. Signed orignals could go as much as two thousand dollars.

I admired so much a drawing i encountered in an art exhibition. I was unfamiliar with the artist of that drawing until i found out it was Patrick Caulfield who made it. He named the piece Grapes. Black paper was what he used and drawing along with colored pencils. The starting bid for the drawing was $4,250.00

Patrick Hammond is the author of Art-Auction-101.com, a site explaining the types of art auctions and some examples of them. Understand the history of art auctions and the different styles employed by different artists. Patrick's contact information can be found at patrick@artauction101.com