Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Studies in Art Businesss 2. Price Before Value 3. Selling Used Cars, Carpets and Art 4. Investing in Art 5. 'Chindia' as Market Opportunity 6. Private Patrons in a Contemporary Art Market 7. Marketing in Art Business 8. Authorship and Authentication 9. Celebrating the Artists Resale Right 10. Ethics and the Art Market 11. Art and Crime 12. Voice from the Field

About the Author

Iain Robertson is deputy academic director and head of art business studies at Sotheby's Institute of Art. He is an Asia correspondent for the international edition of The Art Newspaper, advisor to the Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong and honorary director of education of MOMA Beijing. His book, Understanding International Art Markets and Management, was published by Routledge in 2005. Derrick Chong is a senior lecturer in management at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also consultant lecturer in art business at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London and Singapore, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). He wrote Arts Management, also published by Routledge, in 2002.