• The price list went out with last month’s prices on it.
• Nobody knew the Munch was already on hold.
• The VAT was wrong on an invoice that had already been sent.
• Three of us emailed the same collector about the same work.
• The website still showed a work we sold in March.
• The consignment agreement was in someone’s inbox.
• Nobody could remember who asked about the Kandinsky at the opening.
• The artist’s CV existed in four versions and none of them was current.
• We sent a viewing room and never knew whether anyone opened it.
• The reference number was already on another work.
• The edition was sold out on paper and available in the spreadsheet.
• The newsletter went to someone who unsubscribed two years ago.
• We paid for a website that could not see the inventory.
• The fair notes were on a napkin, then in a phone, then nowhere.
• The insurance value was in one currency and the invoice in another.
• Nobody knew who owned the relationship with that collector.
• The press kit was a folder called final_v3.
• The magazine printed a four-hundred-pixel thumbnail.
• The artist asked what we had sold this year and it took a week to answer.
• The gallery ran on one person’s memory, and then they left.
• Two of us were quoting different prices for the same painting.
• The collector had been in three times and nothing was written down.
• The invoice was typed again because the sale lived in the other system.
• We could not tell which works a collector had actually looked at.
• The condition report was a photograph of a piece of paper.
• The consignor’s share was worked out in a calculator app.
• The show opened with last year’s dimensions on the wall labels.
• The printer was sent a file the email had already compressed.
• The follow-up was a note in a diary nobody else could see.
• The waiting list for the edition lived in a WhatsApp thread.
• The collector’s address was right in one system and wrong in two.
• Nobody knew the work had been promised to a museum.
• We answered an enquiry four days late because it reached the wrong inbox.
• The year’s figures took three days and two spreadsheets.
• The offer expired and nobody followed up.
• We had two spellings of the same collector and wrote to both.
• The artist’s list of works and ours disagreed.
• Someone asked for the provenance and it was in a filing cabinet.
• We could not remember which works went to the fair.
• The invoice number was whichever one seemed next.
• A collector replied to the newsletter and it went nowhere.
• The website was last updated by someone who no longer works here.
• The framing cost was remembered rather than recorded.
• The work was reserved by phone and confirmed by nobody.
• The catalogue text was rewritten three times in three places.
• The high-resolution file was on a drive in the back office.
• The same work had three different sets of dimensions.
• The press release went out with the wrong opening date.
• We emailed the assistant when we meant to write to the collector.
• Nobody knew which works were still out on consignment.
• The sale was agreed at the fair and written up a week later.
• The European buyer was quoted in the wrong currency.
• The mailing list lived in one person’s email account.
• We could not say what that collector had bought before.
• The follow-up happened four months after the visit.
• The exhibition history stopped being updated in 2019.
• Two of us promised the same work to different collectors.
• The tax on a resold work was worked out from memory.
• The link we sent had no expiry and no idea who used it.
• The waiting list was reconstructed from memory when the edition sold out.
• The insurance schedule was a year out of date.
• We closed for August and the enquiries piled up unanswered.
• The price changed and the old one was still on a PDF somewhere.
• Nobody wrote down why the collector said no.
• The artist asked for their sales and we sent a screenshot.
• The show was hung before anyone checked what was still available.
• Half the contacts had no idea where they came from.
• The offer went out without the shipping being agreed.
• The work came back from the fair and nothing was updated.
• We knew the collection was important and not what was in it.
• Nobody knew which edition copy had actually been promised.
• The invoice missed the advisor’s commission entirely.
• We sold the work below the consignor’s agreed minimum.
• Nobody could find the condition notes before the viewing.
• The courier details lived in somebody’s private inbox.
• We could not remember where the work was physically stored.
• The artist’s biography contradicted the CV we had on file.
• We copied seventy exhibitions from an artist’s CV by hand.
• The artist lost track of which works we still held.
• We forgot what size paintings the collector actually wanted.
• The collector’s partner was saved as a completely unrelated contact.
• We invited everyone except the collectors who already loved that artist.
• The mailing list included people who had never agreed to it.
• We had no idea whether anyone opened the announcement.
• The mailing list kept shrinking and nobody knew why.
• The collector’s enquiry sat unanswered in a shared inbox.
• Two of us each thought the other owned the enquiry.
• We forgot to follow up before the collector went quiet.
• A verbal offer disappeared into somebody’s notebook.
• We could not tell whether the collector had seen our offer.
• We sent a share with confidential prices still visible.
• The share link stayed open long after the fair ended.
• The collector saved three works and nobody noticed.
• The collector was quoted in a currency they never use.
• The press received images before the embargo had lifted.
• Journalists kept emailing us one by one for the same photographs.
• A scanned catalogue became impossible to search.
• We deleted a project document and could not get it back.
• The opening date moved and half the team missed it.
• We forgot to add the installation photographs after the show.
• Late guests never received the invitation everyone else had.
• We counted plus-ones on scraps of paper at the door.
• Nobody knew who had actually arrived until the next morning.
• The waitlist stayed full while seats went empty.
• We forgot to send the appointment details until the client chased us.

• The price list went out with last month’s prices on it.
• Nobody knew the Munch was already on hold.
• The VAT was wrong on an invoice that had already been sent.
• Three of us emailed the same collector about the same work.
• The website still showed a work we sold in March.
• The consignment agreement was in someone’s inbox.
• Nobody could remember who asked about the Kandinsky at the opening.
• The artist’s CV existed in four versions and none of them was current.
• We sent a viewing room and never knew whether anyone opened it.
• The reference number was already on another work.
• The edition was sold out on paper and available in the spreadsheet.
• The newsletter went to someone who unsubscribed two years ago.
• We paid for a website that could not see the inventory.
• The fair notes were on a napkin, then in a phone, then nowhere.
• The insurance value was in one currency and the invoice in another.
• Nobody knew who owned the relationship with that collector.
• The press kit was a folder called final_v3.
• The magazine printed a four-hundred-pixel thumbnail.
• The artist asked what we had sold this year and it took a week to answer.
• The gallery ran on one person’s memory, and then they left.
• Two of us were quoting different prices for the same painting.
• The collector had been in three times and nothing was written down.
• The invoice was typed again because the sale lived in the other system.
• We could not tell which works a collector had actually looked at.
• The condition report was a photograph of a piece of paper.
• The consignor’s share was worked out in a calculator app.
• The show opened with last year’s dimensions on the wall labels.
• The printer was sent a file the email had already compressed.
• The follow-up was a note in a diary nobody else could see.
• The waiting list for the edition lived in a WhatsApp thread.
• The collector’s address was right in one system and wrong in two.
• Nobody knew the work had been promised to a museum.
• We answered an enquiry four days late because it reached the wrong inbox.
• The year’s figures took three days and two spreadsheets.
• The offer expired and nobody followed up.
• We had two spellings of the same collector and wrote to both.
• The artist’s list of works and ours disagreed.
• Someone asked for the provenance and it was in a filing cabinet.
• We could not remember which works went to the fair.
• The invoice number was whichever one seemed next.
• A collector replied to the newsletter and it went nowhere.
• The website was last updated by someone who no longer works here.
• The framing cost was remembered rather than recorded.
• The work was reserved by phone and confirmed by nobody.
• The catalogue text was rewritten three times in three places.
• The high-resolution file was on a drive in the back office.
• The same work had three different sets of dimensions.
• The press release went out with the wrong opening date.
• We emailed the assistant when we meant to write to the collector.
• Nobody knew which works were still out on consignment.
• The sale was agreed at the fair and written up a week later.
• The European buyer was quoted in the wrong currency.
• The mailing list lived in one person’s email account.
• We could not say what that collector had bought before.
• The follow-up happened four months after the visit.
• The exhibition history stopped being updated in 2019.
• Two of us promised the same work to different collectors.
• The tax on a resold work was worked out from memory.
• The link we sent had no expiry and no idea who used it.
• The waiting list was reconstructed from memory when the edition sold out.
• The insurance schedule was a year out of date.
• We closed for August and the enquiries piled up unanswered.
• The price changed and the old one was still on a PDF somewhere.
• Nobody wrote down why the collector said no.
• The artist asked for their sales and we sent a screenshot.
• The show was hung before anyone checked what was still available.
• Half the contacts had no idea where they came from.
• The offer went out without the shipping being agreed.
• The work came back from the fair and nothing was updated.
• We knew the collection was important and not what was in it.
• Nobody knew which edition copy had actually been promised.
• The invoice missed the advisor’s commission entirely.
• We sold the work below the consignor’s agreed minimum.
• Nobody could find the condition notes before the viewing.
• The courier details lived in somebody’s private inbox.
• We could not remember where the work was physically stored.
• The artist’s biography contradicted the CV we had on file.
• We copied seventy exhibitions from an artist’s CV by hand.
• The artist lost track of which works we still held.
• We forgot what size paintings the collector actually wanted.
• The collector’s partner was saved as a completely unrelated contact.
• We invited everyone except the collectors who already loved that artist.
• The mailing list included people who had never agreed to it.
• We had no idea whether anyone opened the announcement.
• The mailing list kept shrinking and nobody knew why.
• The collector’s enquiry sat unanswered in a shared inbox.
• Two of us each thought the other owned the enquiry.
• We forgot to follow up before the collector went quiet.
• A verbal offer disappeared into somebody’s notebook.
• We could not tell whether the collector had seen our offer.
• We sent a share with confidential prices still visible.
• The share link stayed open long after the fair ended.
• The collector saved three works and nobody noticed.
• The collector was quoted in a currency they never use.
• The press received images before the embargo had lifted.
• Journalists kept emailing us one by one for the same photographs.
• A scanned catalogue became impossible to search.
• We deleted a project document and could not get it back.
• The opening date moved and half the team missed it.
• We forgot to add the installation photographs after the show.
• Late guests never received the invitation everyone else had.
• We counted plus-ones on scraps of paper at the door.
• Nobody knew who had actually arrived until the next morning.
• The waitlist stayed full while seats went empty.
• We forgot to send the appointment details until the client chased us.