on my findings from ethnographic fieldwork in London and New York, the top cities for global art sales, I focus on … activity in London in this paper. I review work in cultural economics related to art price indices, the role of London as a … social networks of the art market in London, concluding that art pricing services are best used for specific purposes, rather …

In the secondary art market, artists play no active role. This allows us to isolate cultural influences on the demand … their preferences for paintings associated with female artists. Women's art appears to sell for less because it is made by …

Since the growth of the art market into a capitalized global art industry, public and academic discourse on art … auctions has been dominated by record prices. Despite the financial potential of art auctions as well as the public and … academic interest in art, understanding of auction prices is limited. Price intransparency is exacerbated by contrasting …