Konstfacks bibliotek

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*020  $a0-230-61022-6
*020  $a0-230-61022-6
*020  $a978-0-230-61022-4
*020  $a978-0-230-61022-4
*035  $a(Ko)31315
*084  $aIb.55
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*1001 $aThompson, Donald N.
*24514$aThe 12 million stuffed shark :$bthe curious economics of contemporary art  /$cDon Thompson
*2461 $aTwelve million dollar stuffed shark
*250  $a1st Palgrave Macmillan ed.
*260  $aNew York, NY ;$a2008 :$bPalgrave Macmillan ,$c2008
*300  $a268 p., [8] p. of plates  :$bill. (chiefly col.)  :$c25 cm.
*504  $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index.
*650 4$aKonst
*650 4$aekonomiska aspekter
*650 4$aKonsthandel
*650 4$aArt, Modern
*650 4$aEconomic aspects.
*650 4$a20th century
*650 4$aArt, Modern
*650 4$aEconomic aspects.
*650 4$a21st century
*650 4$aArt
*650 4$aMarketing$0(DLC)sh 85081333
*650 4$aHistory
*650 4$a20th century.
*650 4$aArt
*650 4$aMarketing$0(DLC)sh 85081333
*650 4$aHistory
*650 4$a21st century.
*650 4$aArt
*650 4$aCollectors and collecting
*650 4$aPsychology.
*650 4$aArt galleries, Commercial
*697  $cKonsthistoria: 1945-
*697  $cKonst: allmänt
*7304 $aThe 12 million dollar stuffed shark
*8520 $hKONST -  Ia
*8564 $uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008017980-b.html
*8564 $uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008017980-d.html
*950  $aKonst- och antikvitetsauktioner
*950  $aKonsthandel
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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 131 contemporary artists in 2006 alone, with astonishing new heights reached in 2007? Don Thompson explores the money, lust, and self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored. This book is the first to look at the economics and the marketing strategies that enable the modern art market to generate such astronomical prices. Drawing on interviews with both past and present executives of auction houses and art dealerships, artists, and the buyers who move the market, Thompson launches the reader on a journey of discovery through the peculiar world of modern art. Surprising, passionate, gossipy, revelatory, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark reveals a great deal that even experienced auction purchasers do not know.

• The $12 Million Stuffed Sharkp. 1
• Branding and Insecurityp. 9
• Branded Auctionsp. 19
• Branded Dealersp. 27
• The Art of the Dealerp. 41
• Art and Artistsp. 53
• Damien Hirst and the Sharkp. 61
• Warhol, Koons, and Eminp. 73
• Charles Saatchi: Branded Collectorp. 85
• Christie's and Sotheby'sp. 95
• Choosing an Auction Hammerp. 103
• Auction Psychologyp. 117
• The Secret World of Auctionsp. 131
• Francis Bacon's Perfect Portraitp. 145
• Auction Houses vs. Dealersp. 157
• Art Fairs: The Dealer's Final Frontierp. 169
• Art and Moneyp. 177
• Pricing Contemporary Artp. 189
• Fakesp. 201
• Art Criticsp. 209
• Museumsp. 215
• End Gamep. 227
• Contemporary Art as an Investmentp. 239
• Postscriptp. 252
• Referencesp. 255
• Art Websitesp. 259
• Photo Creditsp. 261
• Indexp. 263