Park West Gallery, based out of Southfield, Michigan, organizes art auctions on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival, Disney, Holland America, Regent and Oceania cruise ships for guests as they sail around the world. Auctioning off works by renowned artists such as Picasso and Salvadore DalÍ, the auctions have become a very popular form of entertainment for guests. Recently however, some guests have been less than pleased to find out they may have paid more than they would at other art auctions.

Park West is thought to provide potential buyers with estimates from outside appraisers, who base that on the Park West Gallery replacement price, and not the replacement price for another retail art gallery, as is the normal custom. With buyers unaware of this detail, they believe they are bidding at a cost much lower than the appraised value, receiving what seems like a large price break.

Previous buyers have returned home to find out they may have paid a vast amount above what other galleries have auctioned the same work for.