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Author : Sotheby's
Release : 2000
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Book Rating : 855/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Art at Auction 1999-2000 by : Sotheby's
Download or read book Art at Auction 1999-2000 written by Sotheby's. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis 20th Century Decorative Arts by : Sotheby's (Firm)
Download or read book 20th Century Decorative Arts written by Sotheby's (Firm). This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Lacey
Release : 1999-03-01
Genre : Design
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Book Rating : 621/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sotheby's by : Robert Lacey
Download or read book Sotheby's written by Robert Lacey. This book was released on 1999-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the history of Sotheby's auction house, tracing its beginnings back to 1744. It was in the latter half of the 19th century, when economic instability forced the aristocrats to sell off many of their treasures, that Sotheby's began to lay the foundations of the modern art market. The Sotheby's-Christie's rivalry intensified in the early-1900s and they have been battling it out ever since over the likes of Cezanne, Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet. Lacey takes the reader through the unprecedented boom of the 1980s, when Van Gogh's Irises went for $53.9 million, and examines the catastrophic effects of an inflation still being felt today.
Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis A Century of American Style by : Sotheby's (Firm)
Download or read book A Century of American Style written by Sotheby's (Firm). This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Hook
Release : 2014-10-02
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 305/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Breakfast at Sotheby's by : Philip Hook
Download or read book Breakfast at Sotheby's written by Philip Hook. This book was released on 2014-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A witty journey through the wonderfully tumultuous world of art dealers and markets—organized in the style of a dictionary, complete with a glossary.” —Interview Two questions are key to experiencing a work of art in a museum or exhibition: 1.) Do I like it? 2.) Who’s it by? You need quite a few more questions if you’re in an auction room or dealer’s gallery, however. You’ll find yourself asking, How much is it worth? How much will it be worth in five or ten years? And finally, what will people think of me if they see it hanging on my wall? Breakfast at Sotheby’s is not only a guide to finding the answers to such questions, but also a glimpse into the rarely discussed financial side of the art world. Based on author Philip Hook’s thirty-five years of experience in the art market, the book explores various shades of artist (including -isms, Gericault, and suicides), subject and style (from abstract art and banality through surrealism and war), “wall-power,” provenance, and market weather. Comic, revealing, piquant, splendid, and occasionally absurd, Breakfast at Sotheby’s is a book of pleasure and intelligent observation, as engaged with art as it is with the world that surrounds it. “A breezy, whimsical and often wry compendium, chock-full of hard-won wisdom about what makes someone spend millions of dollars to buy an artwork at auction.” —The New York Times “A winner. Readers will learn more about the modern art market in this simple book than in any college course.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review
