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| | 1. |  | Collections of Nothing
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $13.60
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From that dreadful, yet witty opening garage scene to the bittersweet account of King and his daughters carefully laying out those 1500 cereal boxes on stage, I was touched deeply by a complex mix of reactions: dread, tears, outright laughter, quiet smiles. How masterfully the author delves beneath... more info
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| | 2. |  | Collecting Contemporary
from Taschen
Price: $34.29
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I loved this book! Nicely written, easy to refer to, good mixture of examples. If you're going to buy a work of art because you like it, or because you hope it'll grow in value have a read. No book will change the colour of your wall-paper, or give you prophetic foresight into the future value of... more info
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| | 6. |  | To Have and To Hold
from Overlook TP
Price: $14.35
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In this excellent book,Philipp Bloom tackles a subject that knows no bounds.Anyone who has been a collector of anything knows what a madness collecting can become. Blom covers the subject from the earliest days ,when the idea of collecting was only something that was in the world of the... more info
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| | 7. |  | False Impressions
from Touchstone
Price: $22.45
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I've read some of Hoving's memoirs, but this is the first time I've read a book by him that is (mostly) about something other than Hoving. His account of the history of art forgery is really compelling, although stronger in the later chapters when he is talking about things he knows from personal... more info
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| | 8. |  | Confessions Of an Art Addict
from Ecco
Price: $12.55
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I became curious about Peggy Guggenheim, when last year, I visited her former home - Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. Now a beautiful and exciting museum, made up of a great collection of paintings and sculptures.
I was very impressed by the famous artists I found there... more info
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| | 10. | [no image] | The Cultures of Collecting
from Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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There are a number of essays in this book that makes it worth reading. My favorites are:
1. The System of Collecting by Jean Baudrillard - " (collections) constitute themselves as a system, on the basis of which the subject seeks to piece together his world . . ."
2. Collecting and... more info
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