Hook, Philip
Summary: Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed, and daring of its practitioners. In a richly anecdotal chronological narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women who over the centuries have made it their business to sell art to kings, merchants, nobles, entrepreneurs, and museums. From its beginnings in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Experiment 2017
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Summary: Explains how paintings and other works of art are each given a financial value, a sum based on the artist, their movement, what their life has been like, previous works, style, subject, "wall power," and provenance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2014