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This new edition of Mary Rozell's definitive handbook is required reading for new and experienced collectors alike, as well as for anyone aspiring to a professional career within today's art market.
List of contents
Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Collection Building: Chapter 1: Acquisition; Part Two: Establishing
the Scope and Value of a Collection: Chapter 2: Inventory
Management; Chapter 3: Valuation; Part Three: Collection Management: Chapter 4: Insurance; Chapter 5: Shipping,
Storage, Framing, and Installation; Chapter 6: Conservation
and Collection Care; Part Four: The Public and Private Worth of Collections: Chapter
7: Art Investing and Finance; Chapter
8: Sharing Collections: Display,
Loans, and Publishing; Chapter 9: Private Foundations and Museums; Part Five: Parting from Collections: Chapter
9: Deaccessioning, Gifting, and Estate Planning; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Image Credits
About the author
Mary Rozell is Global Head of the UBS Art Collection. An art lawyer and art historian, she has been an adviser to collectors, artists and estates on legal and strategic issues relating to the acquisition, management and de-accessioning of private art collections, and was previously the Director of Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art - New York. She is the author of numerous journal articles and catalogue essays and was formerly the Germany Correspondent for
TheArt Newspaper.
Summary
This new edition of Mary Rozell's definitive handbook is required reading for new and experienced collectors alike, as well as for anyone aspiring to a professional career within today's art market.
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'a must have how-to book for collectors ... As a single volume covering all aspects of collecting, it certainly merits a place on any bookshelf.'
