'Aimed at collectors and investors, this user-friendly guide explains art's value as an asset through comparisons with more familiar investments, including property, shares and gold. It draws on extensive research and interviews with key players in these other markets, as well as the author’s own experience, to clarify the specifics of art as an asset class.
This timely book considers the growing importance attributed to art as an investment, testing the validity of claims about art’s capacity to generate returns that outweigh its risks. It offers jargon-free explanations of how the characteristics of blue-chip art can be seen to coincide with and diverge from the fundamental features of more established types of asset. Key issues addressed include the role of subjectivity in the perception of value; the failure of attempts to establish stock markets for art; the risks and shortcomings of art funds; banks' reluctance to lend against art; and the art world's distaste for selling and speculation.' - from book flap.

Includes a bibliography and an index.
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Onsite

Location code
REF.GEM
Language

English

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Publication/Creation date

2014

No of pages

192

ISBN / ISSN

9781848221345

No of copies

1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Introduction: Risks & Returns

Art & Stock Markets

Art & Gold

Art & Wine

Art & Property

Art & Private Equity

Art & Luxury Goods

Conclusion

Art as an Investment?: A Survey of Comparative Assets
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Art as an Investment?: A Survey of Comparative Assets