Following the recent success of its inaugural auction, Bid & Hammer has announced that it is accepting works for its next auction to be held in Bangalore on 6th June, 2008. Bid & Hammer has already sourced paintings by leading artists such as J. Swaminathan, B. Prabha, M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza and Ganesh Haloi amongst others for the auction which will focus on Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings.
“The positive response to our first auction has spurred us on to announce the second one in the earliest possible time. This is a great opportunity for private collectors and art connoisseurs to consign the paintings they wish to sell and find buyers through an auction house,” said Maher Dadha, Chairman & Managing Director, Bid & Hammer. Entries for consignment close on March 7th and images along with details need to be emailed to [email protected].
A full service auction house, Bid & Hammer boasts of a very experienced team of art experts that include Savita Apte (formerly head of Sotheby’s South Asian Art, London & New York), Dr. Mohan Lal Nigam (former Director of Salar-Jung Museum), Venkat & Madhavi Singh (Directors, Dharohar Art Conservation) and His Highness Gaj Singh II (Maharaja of Jodhpur). At its first auction held in Bangalore recently, the auction house received a very encouraging response.
About Bid & Hammer
Bid & Hammer Auctioneers (P) Ltd is India’s first homebred full service art & antiques auction house and also the first Indian auction house to be headquartered in the Southern city of Bangalore. An initiative of Mr. M. Maher Dadha, former Director of erstwhile ‘Tamil Nadu Dadha Pharmaceuticals Ltd’, Chennai and Chief Consultant of the well known Bangalore based gallery ‘Dukan- Fine Art & Antiques’, Bid & Hammer’s clients are able to take advantage of a wide spectrum of expertise (authentication, provenance, valuation, conservation, restoration etc) across all major categories of fine and decorative arts and antiques.