The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

by Don Thompson and Don Thompson

Book Overview

Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230620590
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.8" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Don Thompson gets the grit out of a Campbell's soup can, the bite (bark) of a Jeff Koons, and chums

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