For the first time in the history of price guides, auctioneers, valuers, dealers and collector's have a worthwhile tool that enables them to check out the values of antiques and collectables by comparing their own potential sales, purchases and collections with real lots sold in real situations. The commercial hyperbole in much of the media is neutralised: at last here is a work where the market leads the price guide rather than the price guide leading the market; as each sale is given a precise market context, confusion and misinterpretation are eliminated.In Picture Prices at UK Auctions the important objective is to give the reader a sense or a feel for the market. This is what prices are about! 3,374 examples of world art, pictures and prints sold at UK auctions from 2001 to 2005 are included and presented in twelve price bands ranging from over Ýpound¨10,000 to under Ýpound¨100. Each lot includes the actual catalogue description, where it was sold, when it was sold and what it was sold for. To support the sense of the market the lots are ordered precisely by value, from the very highest to the very lowest of prices. A comprehensive Index, consisting of over 4,500 cross-references, enables the reader to study particular categories or artists and a comprehensive Glossary of Terms is also included. By providing all of these elements a sound basis has been established from which the reader can grasp the essentials of art, pictures and prints strictly in market terms.
