Fine Art and High Finance: Expert Advice on the Economics of Ownership

Art and finance coalesce in the elite world of fine art collecting and investing. Investors and collectors can't protect and profit from their collections without grappling with a range of complex issues like risk, insurance, restoration, and conservation. They require intimate knowledge not only of art but also of finance.

Clare McAndrew and a highly qualified team of contributors explain the most difficult financial matters facing art investors. Key topics include:

• Appraisal and valuation
• Art as loan collateral
• Securitization and taxation
• Investing in art funds
• Insurance
• The black-market art trade

Clare McAndrew has a PhD in economics and is the author of The Art Economy. She is considered a leading expert on the economics of art ownership.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Published: 02/10/2010
ISBN: 9781576603338
Pages: 317
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.05d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 232