Aimed at collectors and investors, this user-friendly guide explains art's value as an asset through comparisons with more familiar investments, including property, shares and gold. It draws on extensive research and interviews with key players in these other markets, as well as the author's own experience, to clarify the specifics of art as an asset class.This timely book considers the growing importance attributed to art as an investment, testing the validity of claims about art's capacity to generate returns that ...
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Aimed at collectors and investors, this user-friendly guide explains art's value as an asset through comparisons with more familiar investments, including property, shares and gold. It draws on extensive research and interviews with key players in these other markets, as well as the author's own experience, to clarify the specifics of art as an asset class.This timely book considers the growing importance attributed to art as an investment, testing the validity of claims about art's capacity to generate returns that outweigh its risks. It offers jargon-free explanations of how the characteristics of blue-chip art can be seen to coincide with and diverge from the fundamental features of more established types of asset. Key issues addressed include the role of subjectivity in the perception of value; the failure of attempts to establish stock markets for art; the risks and shortcomings of art funds; banks' reluctance to lend against art; and the art world's distaste for selling and speculation.This thorough but accessible text from a respected art market professional is essential reading for art investors and prospective art investors.
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Seller's Description:
Collectable-Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 9781848221345. Art Finance. VG-/VG-1st edition 2014 Lund Humphries hardback, unclipped DJ. Light toning to pages, corners bumped, a little edge-wear to jacket, near VG tight and unmarked. Immediate dispatch Size: 15.6 x 2.79 x 23.39 cm. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art Finance; ISBN: 1848221347. ISBN/EAN: 9781848221345. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 089339.
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Collectable-Fair Condition in Good jacket. 9781848221345. Art as an investment. Signed by Author. ~~Signed by Gerlis, with Hatchards Signed Copy band~~Quite Good/Good 1st edition 2014 Lund Humphries hardback, unclipped DJ. Boards warped due to previous poor storage, pages 9, 13 and 14 with occasional underlining in pen, a few top page corner folds to first pages, crease along top edge of DJ with a little corner wear to DJ, some mildew-related surface patches to boards, Size: 24 cm. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art as an investment; Signed by Author. ISBN: 1848221347. ISBN/EAN: 9781848221345. Dewey Code: 332.63. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091080.
