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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

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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
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Unspeakable

Fate's End, #1

by Steven F. Deslippe, Tina Rosekrans (Edit This One, LLC) ...

Series Book 1 - Fate's End
Though we are taught the difference between right and wrong, there are those that at some point in their lives choose to ignore that ideology. Selfishness thus becomes the basis for their decisions wherein they do not care who gets harmed along the way, so long as their wants become a reality.Sharice Cortland and Sabastian Banks will find themselves unwillingly drawn into a situation in which each ... Read more

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Though we are taught the difference between right and wrong, there are those that at some point in their lives choose to ignore that ideology. Selfishness thus becomes the basis for their decisions wherein they do not care who gets harmed along the way, so long as their wants become a reality.Sharice Cortland and Sabastian Banks will find themselves unwillingly drawn into a situation in which each
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Following the Path

Fate's End, #2

by Steven F. Deslippe ...

Series Book 2 - Fate's End
Terrence Burelli Jr. was a young military man whose only ambition in life was to be the best soldier he could be and make his father proud. That was until the day his curiosity got the best of him and he let doubt creep into his mind -- it had caused him to second guess his own existence. Even though T.J. knew he was adopted, he suddenly wanted answers; clarification that his father stubbornly ... Read more

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Terrence Burelli Jr. was a young military man whose only ambition in life was to be the best soldier he could be and make his father proud. That was until the day his curiosity got the best of him and he let doubt creep into his mind -- it had caused him to second guess his own existence. Even though T.J. knew he was adopted, he suddenly wanted answers; clarification that his father stubbornly
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Staying the Course

Fate's End, #3

by Steven F. Deslippe ...

Series Book 3 - Fate's End
Two men, Louie Mazotti and Sabastian Banks, whose paths already having crossed once, seemed destined to one day collide. Until then, each had chosen to stay the course they believed their lives were supposed to take. For one, he had inherited a responsibility that he long ago wanted, but never thought would fall into his lap. For the other, he inherited a destiny he was unsure he was ready for. ... Read more

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Two men, Louie Mazotti and Sabastian Banks, whose paths already having crossed once, seemed destined to one day collide. Until then, each had chosen to stay the course they believed their lives were supposed to take. For one, he had inherited a responsibility that he long ago wanted, but never thought would fall into his lap. For the other, he inherited a destiny he was unsure he was ready for.
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Creating a Legacy

by Steven F. Deslippe ...

Series Book 4 - Fate's End
For Sabastian, his heart would almost cost him his life - it would also be touched like it had never been before. Surprisingly, it played a part as well in keeping him firmly on the path that he was fated to walk. Though it was impossible for him to guess what might lie ahead, he could have never foreseen what was waiting for him - a new enemy, born as a result of his choices. ... Read more

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For Sabastian, his heart would almost cost him his life - it would also be touched like it had never been before. Surprisingly, it played a part as well in keeping him firmly on the path that he was fated to walk. Though it was impossible for him to guess what might lie ahead, he could have never foreseen what was waiting for him - a new enemy, born as a result of his choices.
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Complete Works of Johannes Vermeer (Delphi Classics)

by Johannes Vermeer, Delphi Classics ...

Series Book 2 - Delphi Masters of Art
Now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Johannes Vermeer specialised in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life in his home city of Delft. The artist’s reputation fell into obscurity after his death and it was not until the 19th century that his work was rediscovered by Gustav Friedrich Waagen and Théophile Thoré-Bürger, who published an essay attributing 66 ... Read more

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Now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Johannes Vermeer specialised in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life in his home city of Delft. The artist’s reputation fell into obscurity after his death and it was not until the 19th century that his work was rediscovered by Gustav Friedrich Waagen and Théophile Thoré-Bürger, who published an essay attributing 66
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Boom

Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art

by Michael Shnayerson ...

The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break careers and fortunes.The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering ... Read more

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The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break careers and fortunes.The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering
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The Last Vermeer

Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren

by Jonathan Lopez ...

Now a major motion picture starring Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer* is a revelatory biography of the world’s most famous forger—a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush—and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.It’s a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge ... Read more

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Now a major motion picture starring Guy Pearce, The Last Vermeer* is a revelatory biography of the world’s most famous forger—a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush—and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.It’s a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge
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Breaking van Gogh

Saint-Rémy, Forgery, and the $95 Million Fake at the Met

by James Ottar Grundvig ...

In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that ... Read more

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In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that
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Mies van der Rohe

A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition

by Franz Schulze, Edward Windhorst ...

An "excellent" new edition of the definitive biography of the architectural genius, with more than a hundred photos ( Booklist, starred review).Upon publication, this book was praised by the Chicago Tribune and "the most comprehensive book ever written about the master designer and, by any measure, the best," while the Christian Science Monitor noted that "Schulze has both the gift of an ... Read more

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An "excellent" new edition of the definitive biography of the architectural genius, with more than a hundred photos ( Booklist, starred review).Upon publication, this book was praised by the Chicago Tribune and "the most comprehensive book ever written about the master designer and, by any measure, the best," while the Christian Science Monitor noted that "Schulze has both the gift of an
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

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

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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
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Coco Chanel

by Linda Simon ...

Series Book 36 - RB-Critical Lives
The name Chanel brings immediately to mind the signature scent of No. 5 and the understated but sophisticated glamour of a simple black dress and pearls. But to consider Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (1883–1971) as simply a fashion designer fails to capture her social and cultural significance. As Linda Simon reveals in this biography, Chanel was an iconoclastic entrepreneur who rebelled against and ... Read more

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The name Chanel brings immediately to mind the signature scent of No. 5 and the understated but sophisticated glamour of a simple black dress and pearls. But to consider Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (1883–1971) as simply a fashion designer fails to capture her social and cultural significance. As Linda Simon reveals in this biography, Chanel was an iconoclastic entrepreneur who rebelled against and
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