Photography Collection

During the past 30 years prices for photographs have risen much higher than those for art in general. This is the result of an investigation (Art Market Research, 2007) which evaluated the prices of pieces of art at auctions. The index takes into consideration ten percent of the most valuable pieces of art and is available in the book The International Art Markets, edited by James Goodwin who is responsible for compiling such data for collectors. Unfortunately, photography plays only a minor role. The contributors describe the development of the art markets worldwide in countries and continents, from A such as Africa to V like Venezuela. Sorely missing is vital information such as the fact that Thomas Ruff is a top seller in Germany, which should be well known since hs art price index rose by 500 percent during the past ten years. According to the chapter about the US, young collectors in particular are interested in photography. Sadly, we do not get to know any more details about this art discipline, and we were unable to locate a website online which is listed as complementary to the book.

The International Art Markets
Consultant Editor: James Goodwin
Kogan Page
ISBN 978-0-7494-4835-6

1 Comments:

James Goodwin said...: Thank you but I believe your assessment is inaccurate.
Your criticisms and more are answered by the online version of the book which is advertised and accessed via a code on the inside back cover of each hard copy.
For example, Thomas Ruff is mentioned in the online version of the book. In fact there is an entire photography section in the German section(page 42) including the names of several more German photographers. Photographers are also mentioned in the Canada (page 17), Greece (page 47), Middle East and North Africa (page 71), New Zealand (page 79), South Africa (page 101) and Taiwan (page 118) chapters.
Based on this, perhaps you would be kind enough to amend your review.

James Goodwin, Editor, The International Art Markets; April 7, 2009 9:59 AM