Market evidence · 7 min read
What Art-Market Totals Do—and Do Not—Tell You
Global sales totals are useful for understanding direction and composition. They are not a price guide for an individual artwork.
Read the analysis01Source
Who collected the number?
02Scope
What does it include?
03Limit
What can it not prove?
PUBLIC SALES ≠ TOTAL MARKETASKING ≠ TRANSACTIONCONTEXT BEFORE CONCLUSION
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2 REPORTS / HUMAN REVIEWEDPricing language · 5 min read
Asking Price, Auction Result and Fair Value Are Not Synonyms
Three numbers can describe the same work and answer entirely different questions.
Read the analysisEvery statistic is published with its source, period, scope and limitation.
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