| Edition |
First Palgrave Macmillan edition. |
| Description |
268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-260) and index. |
| Summary |
Delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world. Artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If it's true,as so often said, that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction for works by 131 contemporary artists in 2006 alone, with astonishing new heights reached in 2007? The $12 Million Stuffed Shark explores money, lust, and the self-aggrandizement of possession in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work of art valuable while others are ignored. |
| Subject |
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Economic aspects.
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Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Economic aspects.
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Art -- Marketing -- History -- 20th century.
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Art -- Marketing -- History -- 21st century.
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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Psychology.
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| Added Title |
Twelve million dollar stuffed shark |
| ISBN |
0230610226 |
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9780230610224 |
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