The development of the art market in England
Subtitle: money as muse, 1730-1900
By: by Thomas M. Bayer and John R. Page
Contributors: Page, John R.
Series: Financial history (London, England) -- no. 17; Financial history (London, England) -- no. 17.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781315656021
Subjects: Art; History; Art dealers; Marchands d'œuvres d'art; Histoire; Economic aspects
Notes: "First published 2011 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The early stages : from the Netherlands to Great Britain; title: 2. The commoditization of theories of art; title: 3. The painter as Homo Economicus; title: 4. Critics and auctions; title: 5. The evolution of picture-dealing; title: 6. The Victorian Era; title: 7. 'Working the oracle' : the tools of the trade; title: 8. The formation of a nexus : a story of Christie's; title: 9. Commoditization and the artist as producer : product differentiation and the domestication of pictures; title: 10. The end of the 'golden age'; title: 11. Postscript : a perpetual innovative whirl.