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Talking prices : symbolic meanings of prices on the market for contemporary art / Olav Velthuis

Author
Velthuis, Olav, 1972-
Published
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
The architecture of the art market -- Exchanging meaning -- Promoters versus parasites -- Determinants of prices -- The art of pricing -- Stories of prices -- Symbolic meanings of prices -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Interview questionnaire -- Appendix B: Description of interview sample -- Appendix C: Record prices for art -- Appendix D: Multilevel analysis of prices for art.
Summary
A study of how dealers price contemporary art, this text shows how dealers convey social and cultural meanings to their colleagues, artists, and collectors through their rhetoric about prices, and how the construction of value in the art world is as much about the people who produce and desire art as about the art itself.
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ISBN
9781400849406 (electronic bk.)
1400849403 (electronic bk.)
9780691134031
0691134030
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text file
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Note
Originally published: 2005.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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