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Seeking A Hedge For Art

Submitted by Elga Wimmer, art consultant/curator, Aug 13, 2007 09:15

Appolinaire, famous writer/ art dealer of the early 20th Century summed the up art market situation already almost 100 years ago: " A painting is worth what the collector wants to pay for it"

Strangely enough some things don't change...


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An art work has no value other than what someone is willing to pay for it. If there are no... [MORE]

David Krut 

Aug 15, 2007 16:15

Appolinaire, famous writer/ art dealer of the early 20th Century summed the up art market situation already almost 100 years...

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Aug 13, 2007 09:15

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