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Inventing the Art Collection: Patrons, Markets, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Spain
Vazquez, Oscar E.
Hardcover: $109.14 [130,970₩]
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The pace and scale of the exchange of cultural goods of all sorts — paintings, furniture, even ladies' fans — increased sharply in nineteenth-century Spain, and new institutions and practices for exhibiting as well as valorizing "art" were soon... [More...]


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The Antique and Art Collector's Legal Guide: Your Handbook to Becoming a Savvy Buyer
DuBoff, Leonard D.
Paperback: $27.45 [32,940₩]
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On any given day, there are close to 3 million collectible items offered for sale on eBay, ranging from expensive works of fine art to nominally priced key chains.
- Written by nationally recognized attorney and art law expert Leonard DuBoff, who is a... [More...]


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Confessions of an Art Addict
Guggenheim, Peggy
Paperback: $13.95 [16,740₩]
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A patron of art since the 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider's view of the early days of modern art, with revealing accounts of her eccentric wealthy family, her personal and professional relationships, and often... [More...]


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The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities, from Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
Watson, Peter
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This gripping, true-life detective drama exposes an underground smuggling network with control of millions of dollars' worth of looted Italian antiquities, and how those stolen treasures have found their way into the world's most prestigious museums,... [More...]


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Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait
Sanger, Martha Frick Symington
Hardcover: 15% ÇÒÀÎ! $50.00 $42.50 [51,000₩]
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For the first time, a great-granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick, world famous art collector and steel tycoon, has assembled an intimate, pictorial biography that reveals the triumphs and tragedies of Frick's life. 370 illustrations, 225 in color.


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Famous Jewelry Collectors
Papi, Stefano
Paperback: $34.95 [41,940₩]
For many centuries the collecting of precious gems and the jewelry fashioned from them was the exclusive prerogative of kings and queens, emperors, popes, and maharajahs. But in the last hundred years movie goddesses, opera singers, industrialists,... [More...]


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William and Henry Walters: The Reticent Collectors
Johnston, William R.
Hardcover: $56.40 [67,680₩]
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Restores William Walters and his son Henry to their rightful place among America's great art collectors, telling the story of the development of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, one of the most important small museums in North America. Describes... [More...]


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Evaluating Your Collection Evaluating Your Collection Evaluating Your Collection Evaluating Your Collection Evaluating Your: The 14 Points of Connoiss
Lanmon, Dwight
Paperback: $20.85 [25,020₩]
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What do Honus Wagner baseball cards, Queen Anne side chain, and 19th-century ceramic lions have in common? At first glance, very little. Yet Evaluating Your Collection sets out to discuss this wide range of things that people collect in order to guide them... [More...]


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The Art of Collecting Photography
Noble, Laura
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Establishing a well-put-together photography collection is an art in itself, but mastering the technique is as simple as reading—and looking closely at—this lush volume. It's filled with practical advice on building and curating a collection,... [More...]


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The Scramble for Art in Central Africa
Schildkrout, Enid
Paperback: $51.60 [61,920₩]
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Contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and America from the Congo toward the end of the 19th century—and that became the subjects of museum displays. They also discuss the complex and sensitive... [More...]


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