The Worth of Art: Pricing the Priceless

by Judith Benhamou-Huet

Book Overview

$136 million for a Klimt, $71.7 million for an Andy Warhol...It's not that art is expensive, but rather that money has become cheap for certain collectors--Russian oligarchs, Chinese, and American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2843232848
• ISBN13: 9782843232848
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Assouline
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The Economics of Fine Art Unveiled.

This book frames the economics of how speculation, marketing and even personal hubris can drive the extrinsic price of art. It is a good read if for nothing more than to be open minded to an alternative viewpoint to the sea of voices that represent "the market for fine art".