Treating markets as arenas where relative advantage is contested, this entry explores the emergence and evolution of Western markets for paintings, 1450-1750, in terms of the players, their creative moves to secure gain, and the rules they devised to maintain order. Primary markets for paintings...

Conditions of sale were a feature of the Roman auction, and probably published along with the written public announcement, the <I>proscriptio</I>, that preceded a sale. When such conditions appeared on the front pages of printed sale catalogues for paintings, prints and drawings in late...</i>

The paper explores the evolution of pricing arrangements agreed between two art dealers, one in Paris, the other in Antwerp, in the period 1650 to 1665. These two dealt mainly in made-to-order works. They were principal (Antwerp) and agent (Paris). The principal posted prices, a common...