The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art (Häftad)
avDon Thompson
ISBN: 9780230620599 - UTGIVEN: 201004Why 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? Intriguing and entertaining, "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark" is a "Freakonomics" approach to the econom[...]
The Supermodel and the Brillo Box (Inbunden)
avDon Thompson
ISBN: 9781137279088 - UTGIVEN: 2014-05Acquiring contemporary art is about passion and lust, but it is also about branding, about the back story that comes with the art, about the relationship of money and status, and, sometimes, about celebrity. The Supermodel and the Brillo Box follows Don Thompson's 2008 bestseller The $12 Million Stu[...]
Oracles (Inbunden)
avDon Thompson
ISBN: 9781422183175 - UTGIVEN: 201206Why Prediction Markets Are Good for Business
From selecting the lead actress in a Broadway musical, to predicting a crucial delay in the delivery of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner months before the CEO knew about it, to accurately forecasting US presidential elections--prediction markets have r[...]
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark (Storpocket)
avDon Thompson
ISBN: 9781845134075 - UTGIVEN: 201203Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No.5 1948 sell for $140 million? 'The $12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shar'k is the first book to look at the economics of the modern [...]
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avCyril Hellman
ISBN: 9789174237252 - UTGIVEN: 2014-10"Via telefon ger han mig en färdbeskrivning till sin vän som är vår värd för kvällen. Sen frågar han:
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De är ökända nutidsskildrare och kontroversiella skildrare av depraverade och demoral[...]
