Auction houses [ Trade ]
… dismantling of collections attracted a growing audience to the auctions, which took on complementary roles as exhibition venues. Crucially, these urban landmarks enabled a social and visible valuation of artefacts. Behind the scenes, … in sales of cultural goods, they shifted from multipurpose commercial premises to purpose-built exhibition and sales venues – the auction house. Image Legend Thomas Rowlandson, ‘Christie's Auction Room’, Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole … and Covent Garden and later on flourished in the West End and Pall Mall, completing their transition from commercial venues to fashionable haunts. 1 . Mascha Hansen, 'Introduction', in Sebastian Domsch and Mascha Hansen (eds.), British …
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