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

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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Velthuis, Olav, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Originally published: 2005.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400849406
1400849403