The Art of Buying Art
by Alan Bamberger
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Author: Alan BambergerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-30
ISBN: 1933295201
Number of pages: 284
Publisher: Gordon's Art Reference Inc
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Book Review: Good overview about buying art, but too much generic
Summary: 3 Stars
Good book for an overview about buying art. Actually the book is quite generic, so if you change the title it could be reprinted as 'The Art of Buying Cars' ... I would rather appreciate some specific example with known artists, real and known pieces of art and real prices. The examples are very generic, no names, no references so they seems to be almost invented to sustain the books theories. One more remark is about the excessive emphasis on art gallery dealers. The book is mostly written around them and at the very end you have the impression that buying art is almost impossible without good dealers, that probably is true but at the same time you ask yourself why you bought such book if a good dealer can be considered as an authority and an indisputable subject matter expert about art ... a synthesis of this book sounds like this: 'Buy the art you like from a reputable art gallery, try to bargain for a good price without upsetting the dealer and ask for the receipt ... '
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