Secrets Of An Art Dealer

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In keeping in lines with our mission at Breathe Arts, 'Secrets of the Art Millionaires' reveals and demystifies the hidden truths of the art industry that have been the best kept secrets for ages. Through it, I will show you how to instantly improve your 'bottom line' by exposing you to the inner workings of the industry. If you want to further your knowledge and use it to your advantage, don't just read this book-read it like the Bible of Art it is. This book will bridge the gap between your desire for success and your achievement of success in the art industry. This book will appeal to you whether you're an art lover or an art geek, an art enthusiast or an art enthusiast in denial. Even if you're simply averse to the subject of art, the subject of making money may still appeal to you. Whether you want to invest in alternative assets or just want to read for fun, this book will speak to you. I trust that it will spark something valuable each time you read it.

Davis explains how to find valuable paintings, develop a stable of pickers and dealers, form an art investment club, raise money to buy paintings, and a number of other topics of interest to art collectors.

101 Top Secret Techniques Used by Successful Part Time Weekend Art Dealers is a book that shows you step by step techniques for you to become a part time weekend art dealer. It is a very good tool, for the person that wants to learn about art, and art dealing, and wants to get into being an art dealer without spending a lot of time or money. There are many opportunities out in the current world for potential art enthusiasts, collectors, and marketers to benefit from. And weekend art dealing is a fun, adventurous and exciting thing to do. The book encourages, learning about art, and artists, and also encourages the promotion and discovery of new as well as established artists and artworks. The book also has many sales prices of art, references to great art research libraries, and places to sell your art. The book also has included many successful techniques that have been used by the author for many years, and by many part time art dealers the author has met in his travels.

Art Smart's advice will allow you to venture into the often-intimidating world of art with confidence and make intelligent purchases for pleasure and profit.

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 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.

As a result of the Napoleonic wars, vast numbers of Old Master paintings were released on to the market from public and private collections across continental Europe. The knock-on effect was the growth of the market for Old Masters from the 1790s up to the early 1930s, when the Great Depression put an end to its expansion. This book explores the global movement of Old Master paintings and investigates some of the changes in the art market that took place as a result of this new interest. Arguably, the most important phenomenon was the diminishing of the traditional figure of the art agent and the rise of more visible, increasingly professional, dealerships; firms such as Colnaghi and Agnew's in Britain, Goupil in France and Knoedler in the USA, came into existence. Old Masters Worldwide explores the ways in which the pioneering practices of such businesses contributed to shape a changing market.

This book, a collection of reminiscences with fifty-five fine art dealers, works to correct misconceptions and shed light on the dealer's intricate, fascinating, and difficult profession.