Publisher's Synopsis
This reference is a summary of prices of approximately 27,000 paintings and sculptures, by 10,000 artists from a range of periods, sold at public auction in the United Kingdom during 1993. The guide shows for each individual artist: nationality, dates and "artist's price index"; lowest, median and highest prices of oil paintings, waltercolours/drawings and scuptures; and the total value and number of works sold.;New to this edition is the indexation of an artist's average price, together with year of first entry in ArtQuest. ArtQuest is an on-line service to the Art Sales Index Databse of 1,500,000 sale results from 30,000 auction catalogues from 1970 (updated daily, accessible 24 hours a day and 7 deays per week).