The Painting That Lost Ninety Percent of Its Value Without Losing a Single
Gold doesn't need a certificate. It sits there being gold, indifferent to what anyone thinks about it. Property is bricks…
Art
The Price Your Painting Fetched Without You in the Room
Imagine you sell a painting in 1975 for £200 (you need to pay the rent and the art dealer is…
How To Build A Famous Artist (The Talent Is Almost Optional)
Walk into any major auction house and the same names keep showing up like party guests who never leave. Picasso.…
The Rumour That Makes a Painting Worth Twice as Much
Forget brushwork. Forget whether you like it. The question that actually decides what a piece of art is worth on…
The One Thing a Government Can’t Print More Of
In 1923, a loaf of bread in Weimar Germany cost 200 billion marks. People were burning banknotes in their stoves…