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Index
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction
THE THREE GRACES
I Thalia
THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF ART
WHAT DETERMINES THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF ART?
WHAT MAKES A SPECIFIC WORK OF ART VALUABLE?
ART AND FINANCE
IS THERE A MEASURABLE ART MARKET?
ART INDEXES
BUYING ART IS AN ART, NOT A BUSINESS
ART APPRAISALS: PURPOSE AND METHOD
II Euphrosyne
THE SOCIAL VALUE OF ART
FIRST ENCOUNTERS
FAMILY, LEGACIES, AND THE PERSONAL MUSEUM
IMMORTALITY IN AN AUCTION CATALOGUE
ARTISTS, DEAD OR ALIVE?
SHOWING OFF AT HOME
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RICH
FREE ART FOR ALL
ART, CLASS, SOCIETY
ART PERFORMED
III Aglaea
THE ESSENTIAL VALUE OF ART
THEORIES ABOUT THE MEANING OF ART
LOVE AT FIRST (AND SECOND) SIGHT
PERCEPTION TRUMPS INFORMATION
DECORATION
IV Marley’s Ghost
FINGS AIN’T WOT THEY USED T’BE
ART AND THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE
MUSEUMS AND MAMMON
AUCTIONS AS NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT
THE COMMODITIZATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
THE ART OUR CULTURE DESERVES
IS OURS A GOLDEN AGE?
THE RECKONING
AN ART MARKET IN RECOVERY
AD 2020
WHAT VALUES OF ART ARE PERMANENT?
RELAX AND ENJOY
Afterword
THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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