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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Velthuis, Olav, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Art, Modern > 20th century > Prices > New York (State) > New York.
Art, Modern > 20th century > Prices > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Pricing > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Pricing > Social aspects > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Art > Prices > Psychological aspects.
Art > 20e siècle > Prix > New York (État) > New York.
Art > 20e siècle > Prix > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Prix > Fixation > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Prix > Fixation > Aspect social > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Art > Prix > Aspect psychologique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Art, Modern > Prices.
Netherlands > Amsterdam.
New York (State) > New York.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The architecture of the art market
  • Exchanging meaning
  • Promoters versus parasites
  • Determinants of prices
  • The art of pricing
  • Stories of prices
  • Symbolic meanings of prices
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Interview questionnaire
  • Appendix B: Description of interview sample
  • Appendix C: Record prices for art
  • Appendix D: Multilevel analysis of prices for art.

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