There’s been a bit of noise in the media around the high prices achieved during the Spring 2022 Auction Week … More
Category: economics
At South Ferry
On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, under the same bright blue, nearly cloudless skies, I walked through lower Manhattan to … More
Asides: (Not) a Living Wage
Earlier this June, Artnet News released the results of a survey of “more than 300 art dealers about the economics … More
Money is no object
Before we left for Paris, Christie’s sold Leonardo’s “Salvator Mundi” for USD $450,312,500 (buyer’s premium included). Almost half a billion … More
Paris & Fashion: Some very brief observations
Henri Gervex, Cinq Heures Chez Paquin, 1906 I am writing this in the City of Light. As we head into … More