May 24, 1683 - Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, England, opened as integrated, three-part institution (collection itself, chemistry laboratory for experimentation and teaching, rooms for undergraduate lectures); based on major scientific resource collection presented to University of Oxford by British archaeologist Elias Ashmole; first public museum in England (in which private collection emerged into public domain); first curator, Dr Robert Plot.

March 11, 1744 - Samuel Baker, book dealer, founded Sotheby's auction house; 1778 - upon his death his estate divided between his nephew, John Sotheby, and his business partner, George Leigh; 1964 - acquired Parke-Bernet, largest fine auction house in U. S.; 1983 - acquired by Alfred Taubman.

June 7, 1753 - King George II gave royal assent to Act of Parliament to accept collection of Sir Hans Sloane, a London-based physician, following his death, to found British Museum; world's oldest public national museum; will offered the British nation the collection he built over his lifetime: 71,000 objects, mostly plant and animal specimens, for a sum of £20,000 for his heirs (today would be more than £2,000,000); January 15, 1759 - museum opened to the public at Bloomsbury.

December 5, 1766 - James Christie held first sale in London; turned auctioneering into sophisticated art; 1831 - William Manson joined firm after death of James Christie II, name changed to Christie & Manson; 1859 - Thomas Woods joined firm, created Christie, Manson & wOODS; May 1998 - Christie's acquired by Groupe Artemis (French billionaire Francois Pinault) for $1.2billion.

April 13, 1870 - New York Legislature agreed to founders' request (George Fiske Comfort, William Cullen Bryant, Frederic E. Church, John Quincy Adams Ward, and others) to  incorporate The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, mandated that it serve an educational mission to the public; February 20, 1872 - opened at 681 Fifth Avenue; first president, railroad tycoon John Taylor Johnston; George Palmer Putnam, founding Superintendent; initial holdings consisted of Roman stone sarcophagus, 174 mostly European paintings; 1873 - moved to the Douglas Mansion (128 West 14th Street); 1879 - General Luigi Palma di Cesnola, former American Counsul to Cyprus, hired as museum's first paid director; 1880 - moved to current location in Central Park; 1904 - J.P. Morgan named president of corporation (upon Cesnola's death); 1905 - Metropolitan Museum Bulletin first published; 1920s - $10 million bequest from publisher Frank A. Munsey's secured Met's position as wealthiest autonomous museum; 1926 - present facade, entrance completed; 1939 - Francis Henry Taylor named museum's new director; 1967 - Thomas Hoving transformed Met into a business; 1977 - Philippe de Montebello assumed directorship.

November 7, 1929 - The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened.

1931 - Dame Ninette de Valois founded Royal Ballet; with support of Lilian Baylis of the Old Vic, installed six permanent dancers and herself in the newly opened Sadler’s Wells Theatre; 1946 - Sadler’s Wells Ballet transferred to Covent Garden and recognized as the national ballet.

January 14, 1935 - Frick Art Reference Library' opened to public in new building; December 1935 - The Frick Collection opened to the public (construction began on New York mansion of Henry Frick, Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist, at Seventieth Street and Fifth Avenue, in 1913; house, all of works of art in it ,together with furnishings bequeathed in 1919as gallery called The Frick Collection (endowment of $15,000,000; transformation of Fifth Avenue residence into museum began in 1931); art of The Frick Collection includes superb examples of Old Masters, English eighteenth-century portraits, Dutch seventeenth-century works of art, Italian Renaissance paintings, Renaissance bronzes, Limoge enamels, Chinese porcelains, French eighteenth-century furniture.

March 24, 1937 - Joint resolution of Congress created the National Gallery of Art for the people of the United States of America; March 17, 1941 - National Gallery of Art opened in Washington DC; President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the completed building and the collections on behalf of the people of the United States of America.

October 21, 1959 - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened in New York City; designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

October 20, 1973 - Sydney Opera House opened.

1982 - Anne d'Harnoncourt named director of Philadelphia Museum of Art; only woman to head museum with annual budget greater than $25 million.

February 28, 1982 - The J. Paul Getty Museum became most richly endowed museum on earth when it received $1.2 billion bequest left to it by late J. Paul Getty; modeled after Villa dei Papiri, Roman villa uncovered in town of Herculaneum, which was buried by eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. (completed in 1974); his only stipulation was that fortune be used "for the diffusion of artistic and general knowledge"; laws governing trusts, however, indicate that the museum must spend 4.25 percent of its endowment three out of every four years in order to retain its tax-exempt status. In the first year after its endowment, that figure equaled $54 million; today the amount the museum must spend three out of four years is more than $200 million.

October 5, 1990 - A jury in Cincinnati acquitted an art gallery and its director of obscenity charges stemming from an exhibit of sexually graphic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.

April 23, 1996 - Sotheby began 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis possessions; netted $34.5 million.

(Arthur Ackermann & Son), John Ford (1983). Ackermann, 1783-1983: The Business of Art. (London, UK: Ackerman, 256 p.). Arthur Ackermann & Son; Art dealers--Great Britain--Biography; Art publishing--Great Britain--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History.

(Barnes Collection), John Anderson (2003). Art Held Hostage: The Story of the Barnes Collection. (New York, NY: Norton, 288 p.). Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951; Glanton, Richard; Barnes Foundation--Management; Art--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Merion. 

(J. A. Bauer Pottery Company), Mitch Tuchman (1995). Bauer, Classic American Pottery. (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 103 p.). J.A. Bauer Pottery Company -- History; Pottery -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles.

(Boehm Porcelain), Helen F. Boehm with Nancy Dunnan; foreword by Letitia Baldridge (1985). With a Little Luck-- An American Odyssey. (New York, NY: Rawson, 219 p.). Boehm, Helen F.; Entrepreneurship--Biography; Porcelain industry--United States.

(British Museum), David M. Wilson (2002). The British Museum: A History. (London, UK: British Museum Press, 416 p.). British Museum -- History. Oldest publicly funded museum in world (1753). 

(Christie's International Group), H.C. Marillier (1926). "Christie's" 1766 to 1925. (Boston , MA: Houghton Mifflin, 311 p.). Christie, Manson & Woods; Painting--Prices; Art--Prices.

James Christie (http://www.christies.com/images/ pages_company/james_christie.jpg)

(Christie's International Group), Percy Colson (1950). A Story of Christie's. (London, UK: S. Low192 P. Christie, Manson & Woods.

(Christie's International Group), John Herbert (1990). Inside Christie's. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 407 p.). Christie, Manson & Woods.

(Christie's International Group), Arthur Grimwade (1994). Silver for Sale: Christie's in the Thirties. (Norwich, UK: Michael Russell, 354 p.). Grimwade, Arthur--Diaries; Grimwade, Arthur--Knowledge--Silverwork; Christie's International Group--History--20th century; Silverwork--Valuation.

(Coalport China Company  - founded 1790's by John Rose), Compton Mackenzie (1951). The House of Coalport, 1750-1950. (London, UK: Collins, 127 p.). Rose, John, 1772-1841; Coalport China Company (John Rose and Company) ltd.

(Coalport China Company), Michael Messenger (1995). Coalport, 1795-1926: An Introduction to the History and Porcelains of John Rose and Company. (Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 444 p.). Coalport China Company -- History; Porcelain, English -- England -- Shropshire -- History; Coalport porcelain -- History; Pottery Production History Shropshire (England).

(Downtown Gallery), Lindsay Pollock (2006). The Girl with the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the Modern Art Market. (New York, NY: Public Affairs, 368 p.). Bloomberg News. Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970; Downtown Gallery (New York, NY); Art dealers--New York (State)--New York--Biography. 1926 - one of the first art galleries in Greenwich Village, laid groundwork for art market's modern era, its aggressive promotion, sales tactics.

(Duveen Brothers), Meryle Secrest (2004). Duveen: A Life in Art. (New York, NY: Knopf, 517 p.). Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939; Art dealers--England--Biography. 

(Empire Ballet Theatre), Ivor Guest (1962). The Empire Ballet. (London, UK: Society for Theatre Research, 111 p.). Empire Ballet Theatre--History.

(Fenton Art Glass Company), William Heacock; photography by Richardson Printing Corp (1978). Fenton Glass: The First Twenty-Five Years, 1907-1932. (Marietta, OH: Published and distributed by O-Val Advertising Corp, 144 p.). Fenton Art Glass Company; Glassware --United States --Catalogs; Glass --United States --History --20th century.

(Fenton Art Glass Company), William Heacock ; historical data by Eugene C. Murdock (1989). Fenton Glass: The Third Twenty-Five Years, 1956-1980. (Marietta, OH: O-Val Advertising Corp, 158 p.). Fenton Art Glass Company; Glassware --West Virginia --Williamstown --History --20th century.

William Heacock ; historical data by Eugene C. Murdock (Fenton Art Glass Company) (1989). Fenton Glass: The Third Twenty-Five Years, 1956-1980. (Marietta, OH: O-Val Advertising Corp, 158 p.). Fenton Art Glass Company; Glassware --West Virginia --Williamstown --History --20th century.

(Samuel T. Freeman & Co.), Roland Arkell, Catherine Saunders-Watson (2005). The Vendue Masters: Tales from Within the Walls of America's Oldest Auction House. (Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 192 p.). Editor (Antiques Trade Gazette), Editor (Antique Week). Samuel T. Freeman & Sons (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions. America's oldest auction house.

Samuel T. Freeman (http://www.freemansauction.com/images/timeline/Samuel_T.gif)

(Lefevre Gallery), The Gallery (1976). Alex Reid & Lefevre, 1926-1976. (London, UK: Lefevre Gallery, 175 p.). Lefevre Gallery; Art dealers--England--Biography.

(Letraset), John A Chudley (1974). Letraset: A Lesson in Growth. (London, UK: Business Books, 155 p.). Letraset; commercial art; graphic design.

(Liberty and Company), Mervyn Levy (1986). Liberty Style: The Classic Years, 1898-1910. (London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 160 p.). Decoration and ornament -- Art nouveau; Decorative arts Designs for Liberty and Company 1898-1910.

(Limelight), Helen Gee (1997). Limelight: A Greenwich Village Photography Gallery and Coffeehouse in the Fifties: A Memoir. (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 303 p.). Founder of Limelight Photography Gallery. Gee, Helen; Limelight (Gallery : New York, N.Y.); Women photographers--United States--Biography; Photographic art galleries--New York (State)--New York--History. 

(J. & J. Lobmeyr), Peter Rath (1998). Lobmeyr 1823: Helles Glas und klares Licht. (Wien; Köln; Wiemar, Germany: Böhlau, 351 p.). J. & L. Lobmeyr; Glassware -- Austria.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Leo Lerman (1969). The Museum: One Hundred Years and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY: Viking Press, 400 p.).

(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Calvin Tomkins (1989). Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY: Holt, 415 p. [rev. updated]). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Howard Hibbard (1980). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY: Harper and Row, 592 p.). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Thomas Hoving (1993). Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 447 p.). Former Director of Met. Hoving, Thomas, 1931- ; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Management; Art museum directors--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

(Moravian Pottery and Tile Works), Cleota Reed (1987). Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 255 p.). Mercer, Henry Chapman, 1856-1930; Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; Pottery, American--20th century; Tiles--United States--History--20th century; Potters--United States--Biography.

(National Endowment for the Arts), Donna M. Binkiewicz (2004). Federalizing the Muse: United States Arts Policy and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1980. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 295 p.). Teaches History (California State University, Long Beach). National Endowment for the Arts--History; Federal aid to the arts--United States--History--20th century; Art and state--United States.

(National Gallery), Jonathan Conlin (2006). The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery. (London, UK: Pallas Athene Publishers, 464 p.). National Gallery (Great Britain); Painting -- England -- London. First history of Gallery ever published; vehicle of public education; development of institution whose collections often set pace in art history, but  dependence on parliamentary funding regularly involved it in debates on education, social cohesion, national heritage.

(Portland Glass Company), Thelma Ladd & Laurence Ladd (1992). Portland Glass: Legacy of a Glass House Down East. (Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 191 p.). Portland Glass Company--History; Glassware--Maine--Portland--History--19th century.

(Rockwood Pottery), Nancy E. Owen (2001). Rookwood and the Industry of Art: Women, Culture, and Commerce, 1880-1913. (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 335 p.). Rookwood Pottery Company--History; Rookwood pottery; Art pottery, American--Ohio--Cincinnati--Marketing; Women artists--United States--Social conditions--19th century; Women artists--United States--Social conditions--20th century. 

(Roland Browse and Delbanco), Lillian Browse (1999). Duchess of Cork Street: The Autobiography of an Art Dealer. (London, UK: Giles de la Mare, 190 p.). Founding Partner of Roland, Browse, and Delbanco in 1945. Browse, Lillian; Roland, Browse, and Delbanco; Art dealers--England--London--Biography; Women art dealers--England--London--Biography. 

(San Jose Symphony), Nancy Glaze Dr. Thomas Wolf (2005). And the Band Stopped Playing: The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony. (Cambridge, MA: Wolf, Keens & Company, 96 p.). Director of Arts at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Chairman and CEO of Wolf, Keens & Company. San Jose Symphony; Culture -- Economic aspects. Did San Jose really need full-season orchestra?

(Sotheby's), Frank Herrmann (1980). Sotheby's, Portrait of an Auction House. (London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 468 p.). Sotheby Parke Bernet Group Ltd.

A. Alfred Taubman - Sotheby's (http://images.forbes.com/media/lists/54/2006/LWZ4.jpg)

(Sotheby's), Nicholas Faith (1985). Sold: The Rise and Fall of the House of Sotheby. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 269 p.). Wilson, Peter (Peter Cecil), 1913-; Sotheby's (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions.

(Sotheby's), Jeffrey Hogrefe (1986). "Wholly Unacceptable": The Bitter Battle for Sotheby's. (New York, NY: Morrow, 238 p.). Sotheby's (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions.

(Sotheby's), Peter Watson (1997). Sotheby's: The Inside Story. (New York, NY: Random House, 324 p.). Sotheby's (Firm); Art dealers--Corrupt practices; Art thefts--Investigations.

(Sotheby's), Robert Lacey (1998). Sotheby's: Bidding for Class. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 354 p.). Sotheby's (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions.

(Sotheby's), Christopher Mason (2004). The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby's-Christie's Auction House Scandal. (New York, NY: Putnam, 416 p.). Journalist. Sotheby's (Firm)--Corrupt practices; Christie's International Group--Corrupt practices; Price fixing; Art--Prices; Auctions--Corrupt practices; Art auctions--Corrupt practices. 

(Sotheby's), A. Alfred Taubman (2007). Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer. (New York, NY: Collins, 224 p.). Taubman, A. Alfred; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United States--Biography; Architects--United States--Biography. Dyslexic Jewish kid from Detroit grew up to be billionaire retailing pioneer, intimate of European aristocrats, Palm Beach socialites, respected philanthropist, federal prisoner (78).

(Spode), Leonard Whiter (1978). Spode: A History of the Family, Factory and Wares from 1733 to 1833. (London, UK: Barrie and Jenkins, 246 p. [2nd ed.]). Spode family; Staffordshire pottery.

(Tate Gallery), Frances Spalding (1998). The Tate: A History. (London, UK: Tate Gallery, 320 p.). Reader in 20th Century British Art (Newcastle University). Tate Gallery -- History.

Richard E. Caves (2000). Creative Industries: Contracts Between Art and Commerce. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 454 p.). Professor of Political Economy (Harvard University). Arts--Economic aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Ed. Lee Chapin (1989). The Business of Art. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 347 p. [2nd ed.]). Art -- Economic aspects; Art -- Marketing.

Tyler Cowen (1998). In Praise of Commercial Culture. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 278 p.). Professor of Economics (George Mason University). Arts--Marketing; Arts--Economic aspects; Arts and society. Philosophy of cultural optimism. 

--- (2006). Good and Plenty: The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 206 p.). Professor of Economics (George Mason University). Art and state--United States; Federal aid to the arts--United States; Aesthetics--Economic aspects; Culture--Economic aspects; United States--Cultural policy. U.S. way of funding arts results not in terrible and small but in Good and Plenty--could result in more, better.

Tracy C. Davis (2000). The Economics of the British Stage, 1800-1914. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 506 p.). Professor of Theater, English and Performance Studies (Northwestern). Theater--Economic aspects--Great Britain; Theater--Great Britain--History--19th century; Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century. Theatre's growth from economic perspective - how British theaters paid their way before age of government subsidy; three key areas (competition, profit, labor): 1) state's role in protecting theatre; 2) factors affecting success or failure of theatre companies; 3) how theatre came to be regarded as one of 'service industries'; history of cultural policy for arts in Britain.

Laura de Coppet and Alan Jones (2002). The Art Dealers: The Powers Behind the Scene Tell How the Art World Really Works. (New York, NY: Cooper Square Press, 438 p. [rev. and exp. ed.]). Art dealers--United States--Interviews.

Ed. Neil De Marchi and Craufurd D.W. Goodwin (1999). Economic Engagements with Art. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 506 p.). Art -- Economic aspects.

Selected Writings; Edited and with an Interpretation by Craufurd D. Goodwin (1999). Art and the Market: Roger Fry on Commerce in Art. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 222 p.). Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934; Art -- Marketing.

Daniel Grant (2000). The Business of Being an Artist. (New York, NY: Allworth Press, 339 p. [3rd ed.]). Art -- United States -- Marketing.

Julie Hochstrasser (2007). Still Life and Trade in the Dutch Golden Age. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 320 p.). Associate Professor of the History of Art (Early Modern Northern European Art), The University of Iowa. Still-life painting, Dutch--17th century--Themes, motives.; Netherlands--Commerce--History--17th century. Depict tables richly laid with products that attest to vast scope of Dutch trade network; significance of various foods, commodities rendered on canvas during Dutch Republic's rise to prosperity (domestic cheese to wines of Europe to exotic commodities); fruits of global commerce in paintings.

Noah Horowitz (2011). Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 384 p.). Art Historian, Member of the Faculty of the Sotheby's Institute of Art. Art --Marketing --History --20th century; Art --Marketing --History --21st century; Art --Economic aspects --History --20th century; Art --Economic aspects --History --21st century; Art as an investment. Collecting and investing - how contemporary art market came to be, how it works, where it's headed; globalization of art world, how investors speculate in market, how emerging art forms (video, installation) have been drawn into commercial sphere.

Bill Ivey (2008). Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 368 p.). Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Art and state--United States; Art and society--United States; Cultural property--United States; Arts--Economic aspects--United States; Arts--Political aspects--United States. Expanding footprint of copyright, unconstrained arts industry marketplace, government unwilling to engage culture as serious arena for public policy have come together to undermine art, artistry, cultural heritage.

Kathy Kilmurry (1980). The Pottery Industry of Stamford, Lincolnshire, c. A.D. 850-1250 : Its Manufacture, Trade, and Relationship with Continental Wares, with a Classification and Chronology. (Oxford, UK: B. A. R., 348 p.). Pottery, Medieval--England--Stamford; Pottery industry--England--Stamford--History.

Ed. Arjo Klamer (1996). The Value of Culture: On the Relationship between Economics and Arts. (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 234 p.). Art -- Economic aspects; Culture -- Economic aspects.

Ulrike Klein (1994). The Business of Art Unveiled: New York Art Dealers Speak Up. (New York, NY: Peter Lang, 247 p.). Art--Economic aspects--New York (State)--New York; Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New York.

Peter Lawson-Johnston; foreword by Josiah Bunting III (2005). Growing up Guggenheim: A Personal History of a Family Enterprise. (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 152 p.). Member of Guggenheim Family, President of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Guggenheim family; Lawson-Johnston, Peter Orman, 1927- ; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Art patrons--United States--Biography. Memoir that includes intimate portraits of five people principally responsible for entire Guggenheim art legacy. 

Faye Levine (1976). The Culture Barons, An Analysis of Power and Money in the Arts. (New York, NY: Crowell, 312 p.). Art patronage--United States; Arts--United States--Management.

Alice Goldfarb Marquis (1991). The Art Biz: The Covert World of Collectors, Dealers, Auction Houses, Museums, and Critics (Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 405 p.). Art--Marketing.

Ed. Clare McAndrew (2010). Fine Art and High Finance: Expert Advice on the Economics of Ownership. (New York, NY, Bloomberg Press, 288 p.). Economist, Investment Analyst, Author. Art as an investment; most difficult financial matters facing art investors: appraisal and valuation, art as loan collateral, securitization and taxation, investing in art funds, insurance, black-market art trade, and more.

Michael North; translated by Catherine Hill (1997). Art and Commerce in the Dutch Golden Age. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 164 p.). Painting, Dutch--17th century; Art and society--Netherlands--History--17th century; Netherlands--Social conditions. 

Michelle O'Malley (2005). The Business of Art: Contracts and the Commissioning Process in Renaissance Italy. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 360 p.). Head of the Centre for Research Support, School of Humanities (University of Sussex). Artists' contracts--Italy--History; Art, Renaissance--Economic aspects--Italy. Framework for interpreting contracts and related records concerning altarpieces, frescoes painted in Italy from  early fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries.

Ed. Ruth B. Phillips and Christopher B. Steiner (1999). Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 424 p.). Tourism and art; Art and society; Art -- Economic aspects.

Richard Polsky (2009). I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon). (New York, NY: Other Press, 288 p.). Thirty-year art veteran, Founder of Acme Art, private dealer specializing in works by postwar artists, with an emphasis on Pop art. Art --Economic aspects --History --21st century; Art --Marketing --History --21st century.; At --Collectors and collecting --Psychology. How art industry shifted from art appreciation to monetary appreciation, from power of dealers and galleries to auction houses, during short-lived period when the "art world" became the "art market"; behind-the-scenes politics of auctions, shift in power away from galleries, search for affordable art in rich man's playing field; backdoor tell-all about strange, fickle world of art collecting.

Andrew Popp (2001). Business Structure, Business Culture, and the Industrial District: The Potteries, c. 1850-1914. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 288 p.). Pottery industry--England--Staffordshire--History; Industrial districts--England--Staffordshire--History; Pottery, English--History; Staffordshire (England)--Economic conditions.

Eric Scigliano (2005). Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest for Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara. (New York, NY: Free Press, 368 p.). Great-Great-Grandson of a Carrara Quarryman. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564; Sculptors--Italy--Biography; Marble industry and trade--Italy--Carrara--History.

Marc Shell (1995). Art and Money. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 213 p.). Professor of Comparative Literature, Director of Center of Study of Money and Culture (Harvard). Art--Economic aspects; Art--Economic aspects--United States.

Julian Stallabrass (2004). Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 256 p.). Lecturer in Art History (Courtauld Institute of Art). Art, Modern--20th century--Economic aspects; Art, Modern--21st century--Economic aspects; Freedom and art; Art and society. 

Olav Velthuis (2005). Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 288 p.). Visiting Scholar at Princeton University and Columbia University. Art, Modern--20th century--Prices--New York (state)--New York; Art, Modern--20th century--Prices--Netherlands--Amsterdam; Pricing--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York; Pricing--Social aspects--Netherlands--Amsterdam; Art dealers--Psychology.

Peter Watson (1992). From Manet to Manhattan: The Rise of the Modern Art Market. (New York, NY: Random House, 558 p.). Art, Modern--19th century--Marketing; Art, Modern--20th century--Marketing; Art auctions; Art as an investment.

Paul Werner (2006). Museum, Inc.: Inside the Global Art World. (Cambridge, UK: Prickly Paradigm Press, 115 p.). Lecturer at School of the Visual Arts (New York University). Museums; museums--management; conglomerates--arts. New arts conglomerates, whose roots are deeply imbedded in corporate culture.

Rina C. Youngner (2006). Industry in Art: Pittsburgh, 1812 to 1920. (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 188 p.). Industries in art; Steel industry and trade in art; Art, American--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--19th century; Art, American--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--20th century; Art and society--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh (Pa.)--In art. Artists, contexts, societal factors that influenced depiction of Pittsburgh industry and labor from early nineteenth century to early twentieth century through  variety of art forms.

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