Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out

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Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out

Park West Gallery's Very Real Personnel Problems and Highly Questionable Solutions
Information received from currently or recently contracted Park West auctioneers and other personnel. They are published here in the interests of the buyers and potential buyers of art at the cruise line art auctions, so that they can be fully aware of what they are dealing with, and in the interests of those many individuals who are being taken on, trained and employed as associates and auctioneers on the cruise ships, so that they may know their fate. The information has been provided to us by those who are concerned about the fate of the auctioneers...

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Article #2

Park West Galle(r)y Slaves? Indentured Service at the Art Auctions Afloat
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How to get two and a half months' or more work out of someone for no pay before replacing them with the next sucker.

As described in Article # 1, with the auctioneers not only working for no pay but also getting into debt to Park West, many abandoned ship, some permanently, some for vacations. Park West suddenly realized that they were facing a real staffing issue. As a means of curtailing the mass departure and vacancies on the ships, rumors began to circulate around November 2008 of the introduction of a new thing for Park West, a guarantee of a basic salary for its auctioneers and a salary for its associates...

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Article #3

Ex-Park West Auctioneer Confirms Information Received About Practices Reported by Other Auctioneers to Fine Art Registry

On March 21st 2009 we received unsolicited e-mail from a former Park West auctioneer who had read some of the material published on the Fine Art Advocacy and Fine Art Registry websites. We publish it here in confirmation and amplification of some of our previous reports. The author of the email has requested that we maintain his anonymity for fear of retaliation by Park West, so his name is omitted. The email is published here verbatim. The report has not been verified but aligns with others received...

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