The Intrepid Art Collector: The Beginner's Guide to Finding, Buying, and Appreciating Art on a Budget

Author: Lisa Hunter
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Art Books, Exhibition Catalogues & Specific Collections, Individual Architects & Architectural Firms, Personal Development, Antiques & Collectables: Pictures, Prints & Maps
Book Format: Paperback

Ready to upgrade your artwork from framed Monet posters but intimidated by what you see in galleries?



In The Intrepid Art Collector, Lisa Hunter shows you how to start a fine art collection without spending a fortune. This accessible, jargon-free resource contains up-to-date information on the most popular original art—everything from photography and posters to African art and animation—including where to find it and how to buy it at a fair price. Easy-to-use checklists help you evaluate original art and steer clear of clever fakes. In addition, Hunter has interviewed top dealers, curators, arts lawyers, and appraisers to bring you the best advice on:



• Advantages to buying real art instead of reproductions

• Determining if a piece of art is fairly priced

• Predicting if an artist's work will go up in value

• Techniques for negotiating a price with a dealer

• Developing your artistic taste, so you'll know if you'll still love your purchase ten years down the road

• How to preserve art in your home

• Resources, websites, and magazines that will help you learn more about the market and where to find different types of art

Arts journalist Lisa Hunter has been an editor and publicist for cultural organizations for the past 15 years. She was the associate managing editor of Natural History magazine, published by the American Museum of Natural History, and also edited several of the museum's exhibition catalogs. Most recently, as director of media relations for the New York Botanical Garden, she publicized all exhibitions in the garden's Rondina Gallery of Rare Books and Prints, as well as a loan exhibition of sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art.

Ms. Hunter has a degree in writing and fine arts from Columbia University and has written more than 100 articles on science and culture for such publications as Archaeology, Curator, and Natural History, as well as the book The Intrepid Art Collector: The Beginner's Guide to Finding, Buying, and Appreciating Art on a Budget. She has been shopping for art and antiques since her teens.

About Lisa Hunter
Arts journalist Lisa Hunter has been an editor and publicist for cultural organizations for the past 15 years. She was the associate managing editor of Natural History magazine, published by the American Museum of Natural History, and also edited several of the museum's exhibition catalogs. Most recently, as director of media relations for the New York Botanical Garden, she publicized all exhibitions in the garden's Rondina Gallery of Rare Books and Prints, as well as a loan exhibition of sculpture from the Museum of Modern Art.
Ms. Hunter has a degree in writing and fine arts from Columbia University and has written more than 100 articles on science and culture for such publications as Archaeology, Curator, and Natural History, as well as the book The Intrepid Art Collector: The Beginner's Guide to Finding, Buying, and Appreciating Art on a Budget. She has been shopping for art and antiques since her teens.

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SKU BK-9780307237132
Barcode # 9780307237132
Brand Three Rivers Press
Artist / Author Lisa Hunter
Shipping Weight 0.3600kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 13.100m
Assembled Height 20.300m
Assembled Width 2.000m
Type Paperback

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