With the objective of evaluating the accuracy of price index models, we adopt a series of techniques to compares the performances of the hedonic, repeat sales, and hybrid models based on the data from the Chinese most representative painter, Qi Baishi during the period from 2000 to 2016. When...

We emphasize that color composition is an important characteristic of a painting. It impacts the auction price of a painting but it has never been considered in previous studies on art markets. By using Picasso's paintings and paintings of Color Field Abstract Expressionists sold in Chrisite's...

We analyze the evolution of the price of paintings in London auctions with a unique dataset of over 200,000 sales in the period 1780-1840. We build a price index for the representative painting through hedonic regressions controlling for the characteristics of auctions and paintings and for the...

This chapter analyzes the risk and return characteristics of investments in artists from the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region over the sample period 2000 to 2012. With hedonic regression modeling we create an annual index that is based on 3,544 paintings created by 663 MENA artists....

Price indices for heterogenous goods such as real estate or fine art constitute crucial information for institutional or private investors considering alternative investments in times of financial markets turmoil. Classical mean-variance analysis of alternative investments has been hampered by...

Part I. Creation of sleepers at auction -- Part II. Analysis of the current legal regime in sleeper disputes (Swiss law, English law, United States law) -- Part III. Comparative and critical assessment -- Part IV. Future perspectives: market regulation -- new trading practices

This dissertation contains seven chapters. Chapter 1 serves as a general introduction to the risks and returns of collectibles, and is co-authored with Elroy Dimson. Chapter 2 investigates the long-term investment performance of art, and is co-authored with Luc Renneboog. Chapter 3, also written...

Focuses on different regions (including China, Russia, India, and Japan) as well as different institutions and organizations to examine barriers to and effects of globalization on the art market's organizational dynamics and people within the art industry

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Möglichkeiten der Bewertung von Kunst- und Kulturgegenständen im neuen doppischen Finanzwesen der Kommunen im Kontext zum Zweck der Bilanzierung und schließt mit einem Modellvorschlag zur Ermittlung des Erhaltungsaufwandes. Die ergebnisorientierte Steuerung und...