I sold Andy Warhol (too soon) / Richard Polsky.

Documents the tumultuous recent period in the art world during which pieces soared in value and resulted in multi-million-dollar sales that baffled buyers and sellers, in an account that offers insight into the behind-the-scenes politics of auctions.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Polsky, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Other Press, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Ch. 1. Breaking up is hard to do
  • Ch. 2. The way we were
  • Ch. 3. Of stucco homes and ketchup bottles
  • Ch. 4. Trouble at the Waldorf
  • Ch. 5. The end
  • Ch. 6. I'm not waiting in line
  • Ch. 7. Flower power
  • Ch. 8. Red Elvis
  • Ch. 9. Dots and spots
  • Ch. 10. When the stars align
  • Ch. 11. It's all in the timing
  • Ch. 12. The wonder
  • Ch. 13. Not so simple Simon
  • Ch. 14. David Row's dilemma
  • Ch. 15. I want to be Ed Ruscha
  • Ch. 16. Elbow room
  • Ch. 17. The forgotten legacy of Leon Kraushar
  • Ch. 18. The Landsman connection
  • Ch. 19. Bye bye Fernwood
  • Ch. 20. Made in Los Angeles
  • Ch. 21. What's another fifty (thousand)?
  • Ch. 22. No secrets in the art world
  • Ch. 23. Buy high, sell higher
  • Ch. 24. Too much is not enough
  • Ch. 25. Here comes the sun
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Where to see artists
  • Sources.