Pedigree and Panache

Pedigree and Panache
Author: Shireen Huda
Publisher: ANU E Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1921313722

"Art auctions have long captured the public imagination. They regularly make news headlines and have become synonymous with glamour, money and social distinction. The marketing of auction houses and the works they sell has resulted in firms attaining authoritative positions and the ability both to influence and reflect collecting tastes. Pedigree and panache is the first comprehensive history of the art auction in Australia. In this fascinating work, Shireen Huda investigates the construction of the glamorous reputation of art auctions and art auction houses. Featuring absorbing case studies of key art auctions and major art auction houses in Australia (including Christies, Sothebys and Deutscher-Menzies) the work provides an overview of the origin and international development of art auctions. The development of the Australian marketplace is then explored, detailing colonial inception and continuing until Christies' withdrawal of its saleroom presence in 2006."--Provided by publisher.

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
Author: The Onion
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 031613323X

Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.

Dartmouth

Dartmouth
Author: Joslin Fiennes
Publisher: ACC Distribution
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Dartmouth (England)
ISBN: 9781851497263

"A touching coffee table addition for those with fond memories of this charming coastal locality"

The New York Clipper (December 1919)

The New York Clipper (December 1919)
Author: The New York Clipper
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781013484131

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Spiritual America

Spiritual America
Author: Richard Prince
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1989
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

"A distinction [Prince's] work brings out in particular is between pictures & what you do with pictures, between art & how art is used."-Stuart Morgan, Artscribe

Paul Gauguin - the Paintings

Paul Gauguin - the Paintings
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2017-02-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781520526478

The works of French post-Impressionist artist Eug�ne Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 - 8 May 1903)