1. The early stages : from the Netherlands to Great Britain -- 2. The commoditization of theories of art -- 3. The painter as Homo Economicus -- 4. Critics and auctions -- 5. The evolution of picture-dealing -- 6. The Victorian Era -- 7. 'Working the oracle' : the tools of the trade -- 8. The formation of a nexus : a story of Christie's -- 9. Commoditization and the artist as producer : product differentiation and the domestication of pictures -- 10. The end of the 'golden age' -- 11. Postscript : a perpetual innovative whirl
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"First published 2011 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--Title page verso