Auction houses [ Trade ]
… Image Thomas Rowlandson, ‘Christie's Auction Room’, Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1., 1808. Image Detail from the Catalogue of the Most remarkable Collection of Prints ever offered to … on complementary roles as exhibition venues. Crucially, these urban landmarks enabled a social and visible valuation of artefacts. Behind the scenes, auctioneers offered services that professionalized the art market (as brokers, appraisers and upholsterers). As commerce evolved from an early modern market based on reputation and …
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