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“dirk boll”

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  • Art and its Market

    by Dirk Boll ...
    The ultimate reference on the global art market – now available as a newly revised six-volume box set.The art market is undergoing a transformation: Digitalization, new market structures, and the evolving role of museums and critics have profoundly changed the art world. Dirk Boll, a renowned expert with 25 years of experience, presents an in-depth look into the mechanisms of the international art ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Auctioneers Who Made Art History

    by Dirk Boll, David Nash, Amie Siegel, Dr. Stephanie Tasch, Judd Tully, Brigitte Ulmer, Wolfgang Wittrock, Andreas Platzgummer, Ursula Bode, Barbara Bongartz0, This Brunner1, Walter Feilchenfeldt2, Celina Fox3, James Goodwin4, Rose Maria Gropp5, Albert Kriemler6, Daniella Luxembourg7, Christopher Maxwell8 ...
    Procurement analysis, sales planning, customer orientation, brand management—the art market is changing more rapidly than ever before. The price that a work of art commands influences its place in the art-historical canon. Auction houses have become dominant avenues of distribution, as have art fairs, galleries, and art dealers. Even today the ritual dramaturgy of the auction resembles an archaic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Art for Sale

    A Candid View of the Art Market

    by Dirk Boll ...
    Record prices and substantial profits have been and still are being achieved on the art market. Yet anyone who wants to get involved needs to be informed: what distinguishes the English type of auction from one in the Netherlands? What differentiates a vintage from a period, modern, or estate print? Dirk Boll, managing director of Christie's in Zurich, explains this and other technical terms while ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

    by Don Thompson ...
    Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million?Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world. Why were record prices achieved at auction for works by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Art Collecting Today

    Market Insights for Everyone Passionate about Art

    by Doug Woodham ...
    An insider's guide to buying, collecting, and selling art from an insider of Christie'sGrounded in real-life stories, Art Collecting Today is the essential practical guide to today's art market. A lightly regulated industry with more than sixty billion dollars of annual sales, the art market is often opaque and confusing to even the most experienced collectors. But whether a seasoned collector, an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Swiss Made

    The Untold Story Behind Switzerland's Success

    by R. James Breiding ...
    Why has Switzerland - a tiny, land-locked country with few natural advantages - become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? How do they continue to refresh themselves? Does the Swiss 'Sonderfall' (special case) provide lessons ... Read more

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  • The Value of Art (New, expanded edition)

    Money. Power. Beauty.

    by Michael Findlay ...
    On the tenth anniversary of its publication, this updated edition of a work ARTNews hailed as “one of the best books ever published on the art world” features new material on the latest art deals, reflections on race and culture, the impact of the pandemic on the art world, and more.Internationally renowned dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a lively and authoritative look at the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The A-Z of the International Art Market

    The Essential Guide to Customs, Conventions and Practice

    by Tom Flynn ...
    "A comprehensive, wide-ranging and historically well-informed account." - Charles Saumarez Smith, Royal Academy of ArtsIt is estimated that there are over 300,000 companies involved in the world's art market, employing around 2.8 million people. But the art world carries a veneer of mystery and secrecy that many people find daunting, and the language used by market insiders can be alienating and ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Cafes and Bars

    The Architecture of Public Display

    Edited by Christoph Grafe, Franziska Bollerey ...
    Series series Interior Architecture
    The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the past thirty years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of cities across Europe and North America.This volume presents and examines this significant urban ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Art & Crime

    The fight against looters, forgers, and fraudsters in the high-stakes art world

    by Stefan Koldehoff, Tobias Timm ...
    Translated by Paul David Young ...
    A thrilling, eye-popping look at true crime in the billion-dollar art world.The art world is one of the most secretive of global businesses, and the list of its crimes runs long and deep. Today, with prices in the hundreds of millions for individual artworks, and billionaires' collections among the most conspicuous and liquid of their assets, crime is more rampant than ever in this largely ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Art Business

    Edited by Iain Robertson ...
    By the time you read this book, the art world may have witnessed the sale of its first $500 million painting. Whilst for some people money is anathema to art this is clearly a wealthy international industry, and a market with its own conventions and pressures.Drawing on the vast experience of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The Art Business exposes the realities of the commercial trade in fine art and ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Art Smart

    The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market

    by Alan D. Bryce ...
    Art Smart is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian art market for both novice and experienced collectors. It is full of advice that can give anyone the tools to determine the value of a piece of art and to not be intimidated by the often mystifying world of art. This informative and helpful volume covers the inner workings of the art market, from dealer trade secrets to expert strategies on buying ... Read more

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