The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art by Don Thompson

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

Don Thompson

272 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction art economics informative medium-paced
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Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million?            Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Mill...

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