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Title: I Bought Andy Warhol by Richard Polsky ISBN: 0-8109-4271-2 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: All True
Comment: When you buy "I bought Andy Warhol", you will find many "characters" named by name. I am one of them. I can tell
you that Richard's accounts of the bizarre world of art dealing are true to a fault. Richard went off the reservation when he first started writing his guides to assessing the future appreciation potential of various artists. He did not make many friends with his sell recommendations. Thus, he decided he had nothing to lose in telling the truth about what goes on behind the scenes of the art world. If you have ever bought a piece of art for more than $1000 or think you will at some time in the future, Richard's book is must reading.
And yes, I still own my Warhol thanks to Richard. And no, it is not for sale.
Rating: 4
Summary: Picaresque to a fault
Comment: Richard Polsky is an endearing clown who is constantly taken advantage of and browbeaten by sharper operators. His book details his ten year search of the perfect Warhol, and is fairly persuasive regarding the artisric merit of the late self-portraits he calls the "Fright Wigs." There's a particularly virulent one on the cover of his book. The antics of the art dealers he encounters are fit for "The Bonfire of the Vanities," and you will want to slap a few of them silly should you run into them shortly after being introduced to them in the pages of Polsky. Most people, he tells us, suffer from low self-esteem, but to a man (or woman), gallerists suffer from "high self-esteem," i.e. they think they're better than they actually are. Polsky paints himself as a man in over his head, and comparisons to Woody Allen have been made, but a better comparison might be Larry David . . . it's as if "Curb Your Enthusiasm" was set in the high-priced world of contemporary visual art . . . just as vulgar, crass and profane.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun, light, easy reading.
Comment: I have been looking forward to this book for quite a while since I enjoy Polsky's columns for artnet.com and thought this Art Market Guides were incredibly helpful. But, after finishing the book, I found it amazing how sorry I felt for Polsky. The entire book was permiated with this sad undertone where time after time Polsky is reminded of his status as a bit player in the art market (you'll feel the same way when he complains about having to pay for lunch with two big dealers after losing a dice roll). At the end, he got his Warhol, but it's not a particularly fun journey to get there, and the reader is thinking, "Why didn't he just pick one up at one of the Contemp/Modern day sales." If you are interested in the market though, this book is a must-read. Same if you like Warhol. Looking forward to another book from Polsky, hopefully with some fresher material since if you've read his Market Guides and his Artnet columns, you read the bulk of this book. But, he does bring a blue-collar mentality to the art market, and that in and of itself is very refreshing.
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Title: The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art by Roy R. Neuberger ISBN: 0471273430 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 13 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula by Walter Robinson, Tom Patchett, Mat Gleason, Tom Patenett ISBN: 1889195162 Publisher: Smart Art Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World by Anthony Haden-Guest ISBN: 0871137259 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Art Dealers: The Powers Behind the Scene Tell How the Art World Really Works by Laura De Coppet, Alan Jones, Laura De Coppet ISBN: 0815412452 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Duveen by S. N. Behrman, Saul Steinberg, Glenn Lowry ISBN: 1892145170 Publisher: Little Bookroom Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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