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Breakfast at Sotheby's an A-Z of the art world

An experienced international art dealer describes how paintings and other works of art are each given a financial value, based on the artist, their movement or "-isms", what their life has been like, previous works, style, subject, "wall power" and provenance--Publisher's description.

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Main Author: Hook, Philip (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Art > Economic aspects.
Art > Prices.
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Summary:An experienced international art dealer describes how paintings and other works of art are each given a financial value, based on the artist, their movement or "-isms", what their life has been like, previous works, style, subject, "wall power" and provenance--Publisher's description.
Item Description:"First published in Great Britain by Penguin Books 2013."
Physical Description:x, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781468309669 (hardback)
1468309668 (hardback)
Author Notes:PHILIP HOOK is a director and senior paintings specialist at Sotheby's. He has worked in the art world for thirty-five years, during which time he has also been a director of Christie's and an international art dealer. He is the author of five novels and two works of art history, including The Ultimate Trophy , a history of Impressionist painting.

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