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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

By Don Thompson

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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

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Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’ s drip painting No.5 1948 sell for $140 million? The first book to look at the economics of the modern art world, and the marketing strategies that power the market to produce such astronomical prices, this surprising and revelatory book 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. Drawing on interviews with 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 to reveal the source of Charles Saatchi’s Midas touch, and how far a gallery like White Cube has contributed to Damien Hirst becoming one of the highest-earning artists in the world.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2012-03-18
Publication Date:
2012-03-18
Publisher:
Quarto Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1845134079
ISBN13:
9781845134075
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
224 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
206 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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