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
Main Author: Velthuis, Olav, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Art, Modern > Prices.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
Art > Prix > Aspect psychologique.
Prix > Fixation > Aspect social > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Prix > Fixation > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Art > 20e siecle > Prix > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Art > 20e siecle > Prix > New York (État) > New York.
Art > Prices > Psychological aspects.
Pricing > Social aspects > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Pricing > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Art, Modern > 20th century > Prices > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Art, Modern > 20th century > Prices > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: 2005.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781400849406

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