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Author Velthuis, Olav, 1972-

Title Talking prices : symbolic meanings of prices on the market for contemporary art / Olav Velthuis
Published Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations
Series Princeton studies in cultural sociology
Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Graphs; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Architecture of the Art Market; CHAPTER 2: Exchanging Meaning; CHAPTER 3: Promoters versus Parasites; CHAPTER 4: Determinants of Prices; CHAPTER 5: The Art of Pricing; CHAPTER 6: Stories of Prices; CHAPTER 7: Symbolic Meanings of Prices; CHAPTER 8: 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 ; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and Amsterdam, Olav Velthuis shows how contemporary art galleries juggle the contradictory logics of art and economics. In doing so, they rely on a highly ritualized business repertoire. For instance, a sharp distinction between a gallery's museumlike front space and its businesslike back space
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Art, American -- 20th century -- Prices -- New York (State) -- New York
Art, Dutch -- 20th century -- Prices -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Pricing -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
Pricing -- Social aspects -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Art -- Prices -- Psychological aspects
Art as an investment.
Art dealers -- Psychology
Art -- Expertising -- Social aspects -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Art, Modern -- Prices -- New York (State) -- New York. -- 20th century.
Art, Modern -- Prices -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam. -- 20th century.
Pricing -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
Pricing -- Social aspects -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Art dealers -- Psychology.
Art as an investment
Art, American -- Prices
Art, Dutch -- Prices
Gesellschaft
Kunst
Kunsthandel
Preis
Prijsbeleid.
Marketing.
Galerijen.
Kunsthandel.
Netherlands -- Amsterdam
New York (State) -- New York
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004051062
ISBN 9781400849406
1400849403
0691121664
9780691121666