The Value of Art: Money Power Beauty

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What is art worth? How can a work by Warhol be sold for more than $100 000 000? This critically acclaimed book newly revised updated and generously illustrated throughout explains the market for artand arts value for all of us. In The Value of Art internationally renowned art dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers a lively and authoritative tour of the art world informed by almost a half-century in the business and a passion for great art. With style and wry wit Findlay explores how art acquires valueboth commercial and socialand how these values circulate among the artists dealers and collectors that comprise todays complex and constantly evolving art world. In the process he demystifies how art is bought and sold while also constantly looking beyond sales figures to emphasize the primacy of arts essential noncommercial worth. Coloring his account with wise advice insider anecdotes involving scoundrels and scams stories of celebrity collectors and remarkable discoveries Findlay has distilled a lifetimes experience in this indispensible guide for todays art lover.