Auction houses [ Trade ]
… early modern market based on reputation and personal ties to commerce liaised by middlemen, the auction house connected collectors of varied social backgrounds, contracting on their behalf an array of services (frame-makers, … sales and agents, the auction room had become a vital urban landmark which raised the profile of collectible goods and collectors alike. 5 . Edward Millington, A Collection of Curious Prints, Paintings, and Limnings, by the Best Masters … – both commercial and fashionable. It was a professional hub that enabled transactions across social divides between collectors and art professionals thanks to the auctioneer at the centre of this web of commerce. Since the emergence of …
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