| Description |
xii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [405]-439. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Of autographic prints, afters, and reproductive prints -- Signatures on prints -- Rarity and the limited edition -- Spurious prints: fakes, forgeries, and falsified proofs -- Connoisseurship: detection of identity, comparative quality and condition -- A chronicle of the print boom -- The nature and scope of the print market: a guide for buying and selling prints -- People who publish prints -- People who sell prints to the public -- People who auction prints -- Prints as investments -- Preservation, conservation, and restoration -- Tales of two print marketeers -- Where prints may be seen: a guide to public print institutions -- Where prints are talked about: a guide to print clubs and societies -- Bibliography: a comprehensive and definitive catalogue of publications on prints by familiar artists and related matters -- Directory of print publishers in the United States and Great Britain -- Print conservators and restorers -- Directory of print dealers and galleries -- A trilingual lexicon. French-English-German ; German-English-French -- Art booksellers. |
| Subject |
Prints -- Marketing.
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| ISBN |
0690011601: $19.95 |
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