want to know how to "read" the art market, says Ruarc Peffers, director at Aspire Art Auctions. When they invest money in an art collection, the key question often is: Will my art appreciate in value ...

South African art specialists, Mary-Jane Darrol and Ruarc Peffers have launched fine arts promotion house, Aspire Art Auctions. The company represents a group of partners with a vast array of ...

When Mary-Jane Darroll and Ruarc Peffers announced their Aspire Art Auctions in June last year, they were adamant that the art-auctioning industry had to be revived: as far as the auctions’ format was ...

E-commerce, or online shopping, has revolutionised the retail world, but the art market has for some time been tentative about making forays into the online realm. As Ruarc Peffers, a senior art ...

senior art specialist Ruarc Peffers walked over to his colleague, Emma Bedford, and high-fived her. The pair had good reason to be upbeat.The sale on March 16 grossed South Africa' s leading ...