LEADER 04352nam 2200697 450 001 9910452427703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-4940-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849406 035 $a(CKB)2550000001129396 035 $a(EBL)1422526 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1422526 035 $a(DE-B1597)447302 035 $a(OCoLC)860711795 035 $a(OCoLC)979746012 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849406 035 $a(PPN)187962537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1422526 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10777528 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL530009 035 $a(OCoLC)880236492 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001129396 100 $a20070611d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aTalking prices $esymbolic meanings of prices on the market for contemporary art /$fOlav Velthuis 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey ;$aWoodstock :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 0 $aPrinceton Studies in Cultural Sociology ;$v55 225 0$aPrinceton studies in cultural sociology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13403-0 311 $a1-299-98758-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Tables and Graphs -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The Architecture of the Art Market -- $tChapter 2. Exchanging Meaning -- $tChapter 3. Promoters versus Parasites -- $tChapter 4. Determinants of Prices -- $tChapter 5. The Art of Pricing -- $tChapter 6. Stories of Prices -- $tChapter 7. Symbolic Meanings of Prices -- $tChapter 8. Conclusion -- $tAppendix A. Interview Questionnaire -- $tAppendix B. Description of Interview Sample -- $tAppendix C. Record Prices for Art -- $tAppendix D. Multilevel Analysis of Prices for Art -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $t Backmatter 330 $aHow do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and Amsterdam, Olav Velthuis shows how contemporary art galleries juggle the contradictory logics of art and economics. In doing so, they rely on a highly ritualized business repertoire. For instance, a sharp distinction between a gallery's museumlike front space and its businesslike back space safeguards the separation of art from commerce. Velthuis shows that prices, far from being abstract numbers, convey rich meanings to trading partners that extend well beyond the works of art. A high price may indicate not only the quality of a work but also the identity of collectors who bought it before the artist's reputation was established. Such meanings are far from unequivocal. For some, a high price may be a symbol of status; for others, it is a symbol of fraud. Whereas sociological thought has long viewed prices as reducing qualities to quantities, this pathbreaking and engagingly written book reveals the rich world behind these numerical values. Art dealers distinguish different types of prices and attach moral significance to them. Thus the price mechanism constitutes a symbolic system akin to language. 410 0$aPrinceton Studies in Cultural Sociology 606 $aArt, American$zNew York (State)$zNew York$y20th century$xPrices 606 $aArt, Dutch$zNetherlands$zAmsterdam$y20th century$xPrices 606 $aPricing$xSocial aspects$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aPricing$xSocial aspects$zNetherlands$zAmsterdam 606 $aArt$xPrices$xPsychological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt, American$xPrices. 615 0$aArt, Dutch$xPrices. 615 0$aPricing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPricing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aArt$xPrices$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a381.457 700 $aVelthuis$b Olav$f1972-$01049339 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452427703321 996 $aTalking prices$92478259 997 $aUNINA