The Art of Buying Art, Alan Bamberger
The Art of Buying Art, Alan Bamberger
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The Art of Buying Art
How to evaluate and buy art like a professional collector

Author: Alan Bamberger

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Unabridged: 13 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/27/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Art

Synopsis

"The very best book on the subject ever published" —Bernard Ewell, Personal Property Journal (the trade publication of the American Society of Appraisers)

The art world can appear impenetrable to the beginner. This classic book, in print since 1990, is an invaluable primer that will help anyone to penetrate the thickets of inscrutable 'insider info' and esoteric jargon.

Updated for today's art market, including online buying, The Art of Buying Art is without a doubt the most accessible book on how to research, evaluate, price, and buy artworks—for anyone who wants to buy art. No previous knowledge of art or the art business is necessary. Topics include: how to research and evaluate art prices like the professionals; how to build a quality collection; how to spot fakes and forgeries; how to buy art at auctions and directly from artists; how to negotiate prices; and how to tell the difference between an original and a reproduction.

Bamberger provides the information needed to transform anyone into an informed art consumer, to protect collectors from bad buys, and to help them locate the best art at the correct prices.

About Alan Bamberger

Alan Bamberger is a San Fransisco-based, self-taught art appraiser and former rare book dealer specializing in fine and decorative arts books, who consults with artists and collectors from all over the world through his much-loved website at artbusiness.com, which has been online since 1998. The site gets 5-6,000 unique visits a day from artists, collectors, wanna-be collectors, and the art-curious who can peruse hundreds of pages of his original articles about the art business. With his broad range of art and art business knowledge, and his privileged position as a respected writer and interviewer in the art community, he can give a perspective to art collectors and artists that very few in the art world can. Since the beginning, his site has been financially supported by hundreds of collectors, galleries, and art sites through donations. His books include: Buy Art Smart, Art For All, and The Art of Buying Art.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maman à Paris on May 10, 2018

A must read if you are an aspiring art collector, or if you just like to buy some artworks now and then. It details , regardless of whatever reason you buy, how you should operate and document, always seek many different outside advice, ... and what you must do to avoid getting in all the pranks you......more

Goodreads review by Christopherseelie on April 04, 2018

Excellent, informative material. Easy to understand. Demystifying of the commercial dimension of art and some of its intersection with the critical/scholarly dimension. That said, anything about the internet is out-of-date and unusable. Many of the websites no longer exist or exist in degraded state......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 26, 2020

Very comprehensive and detailed introduction to art buying. It is a little dry and the examples abstract so it's a little hard to really appreciate the depth of the purchases discussed. A companion following a number of buyers on different budgets would be really great.......more

Goodreads review by Alan on July 19, 2021

Hello all. I'm the author. The current 2018 edition is revised, updated and enlarged. Much improved over the 2007 edition. Thank you all for your comments. Most appreciated.......more

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