Art Auction Sources Ingalls Library Going Once... Going Twice... Sold! 1 This bibliography was compiled by the Books about Auction Houses and Cleveland Museum of Art’s Ingalls the Auction Market Library reference staff to accompany a Faith, Nicholas. Sold: The Revolution in the series of three workshops on the auc- Art Market. London: Hamish Hamilton, tion market (fine arts, decorative arts, and 1985. prints and photographs) presented at the HF5477 .G74 S67 1985 Library. Given the scope and depth of A profile of Sotheby’s under the dynamic the Library’s collection, only the most leadership of Peter C. Wilson, the famous important titles, databases, and websites auctioneer, that provides an interesting are included. We hope this bibliography glimpse into the world of selling and col- will help you map a methodology for lecting works of art. researching objects. Lacey, Robert. Sotheby’s: Bidding for Class. For a history of the auction market, con- Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. sult the sources listed below as well as HF5477 .G74 G675 1998 the Grove Dictionary of Art entry under A gossipy history of the famous auction “Auction.” The Ingalls Library subscribes house. to many bibliographic databases which provide access to journal articles about McNulty, Tom. Art Market Research: A auctions, auction houses, etc. Guide to Methods and Sources. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. The bibliography is divided into eight N5200 .M39 2006 sections: “From the gallery to the auction house, • Books about Auction Houses and the this book explores the major venues of art Auction Market acquisition. It introduces basic terminology • Art Sales Sources for the Fine Arts for the art collector and covers the basics • Decorative and Applied Arts of artwork analysis and documentation, • Prints including a concise overview of database • Photographs researching methods and online resources.” • Auction House Publications and Websites Marquis, Alice Goldfarb. The Art Biz: The • Cleveland Auction Houses Covert World of Collectors, Dealers, Auction • Auction Price Databases Houses, Museums, and Critics. Chicago: Con- temporary Books, 1991. N8600 .M38 1991 “This is an impassioned, whistle-blowing essay on the outrageous glitz biz of the contemporary New York art scene.” Mason, Christopher. The Art of the Steal: Inside the Sotheby’s–Christie’s Auction House Scandal. New York: G. P. Putman’s Sons, 2004. HF5477 .G74 S6746 2004 An account of the price-fixing collusion between the two auction houses. 2 Reitlinger, Gerald. The Economics of Taste. Art Sales Sources for the Fine Arts London: Barie and Rockliffe, 1961–70. Art Sales Catalogues. Zug: IDC, 1986–. N 8675 .R44 1961 vols. 1–3. REF A99 L95a Microform A classic history of the international art Based on Lugt’s Répertoire des Catalogues auction market. de Ventes. Ingalls Library owns parts 1 Smith, Charles W. Auctions! The Social Con- (1600–1825) and 2 (1826–60). struction of Value. New York: Free Press; Lon- Christie’s London. Microfiche Collection don: Collier Macmillan, 1989. of All Objects Sold at Christie’s. London: HF5476 .S56 1989 Christie’s, 1980. “[S]ociologist Charles Smith reveals [that] REF Microfilm Collection the mechanical law of supply and demand Useful for the images, but the textual rarely governs the auction process. Based on information is very uneven. years of participation in and observation of different types of auctions and interviews Frederickson, Burton B. The Index of with hundreds of auctioneers, Smith gives Paintings Sold in the British Isles during the us not only a theoretical understanding Nineteenth Century. Santa Barbara, CA: of the auction process but the sights and ABC-CLIO, 1988–. sounds as well.” REF ND47 .I5 1988 An important reference source for auc- Watson, Peter. From Manet to Manhattan: The tions of paintings in the British Isles. The Rise of the Modern Art Market. New York: explanatory text is a crash course in un- Random House, 1992. derstanding auctions, auctioneers, auction N6447 .W3 1992 catalogues, and the development of taste, A history of the modern auction market. collecting, and market conditions in 19th- ———. Sotheby’s: Inside Story. London: century England and the Continent. Bloomsbury, 1997. Fredericksen, Burton B., and Benjamin N8620 .W37 1997 Peronnet. Répertoire des Tableaux Vendus en An undercover account in illegal trafficking France au XIXe siècle. [Los Angeles]: Prov- in antiquities that ultimately find their way enance Index of the Getty Information to the auction market. Institute, 1998–. Wooley, Robert. Going Once: A Memoir of REF ND47 .R46 1997 Art, Society, and Charity. New York: Simon & Covers auctions of paintings in France Schuster, 1995. during the 19th century. N8604 .W66 A3 1995 Frick Art Reference Library. Frick Art An interesting and sometimes very funny Reference Library Sales Catalogue Index. profile of the auction market by auctioneer Boston: G. K. Hall, 1992. and former head of Sotheby’s decorative REF N8602 .F75 1992 arts department. An important source providing access to 60,000 auction sales, including catalogues, many of them owned only by the Frick, covering the years 1766 to 1992. 3 Graves, Algernon. Art Sales from Early in that covers the years 1887–1918. One of the Eighteenth Century to Early in the Twen- the most important resources for retro- tieth Century. London: A. Graves, 1918–21; spective sales. Reprinted: New York: Burt Franklin, Sotheby’s London. Sales Catalogue Collec- 1979. tion. Ann Arbor: Xerox University Micro- REF N8675 .G72 vols. 1–3 films and Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, 1973. A review of major British sales covering REF Microfilm Collection almost two hundred years; includes im- Includes more than 15,000 catalogues portant provenance information. issued by Sotheby’s London from 1734 to Lancour, Harold. American Art Auction 1970. Filmed from the auctioneers’ an- Catalogues, 1785–1942; A Union List. notated copies. New York: New York Public Library, 1944. Decorative and Applied Arts REF Z5939 .A1 L3 Ames, Kenneth L., and Gerald W. R. The counterpart to Lugt; records Ameri- Ward. Decorative Arts and Household Fur- can sales. nishings in America, 1650–1920: An Anno- tated Bibliography. Winterthur, DE: Winter- Lugt, Frits. Répertoire des Catalogues de thur Museum, 1989. Ventes Publiques, Interessant l’art ou la cu- REF Z5956. D3 D43 1989 riosité, tableaux, dessins. La Haye: M. Provides access and orientation to the Nijhoff, 1938–87. study of household furnishings used in REF N8650 .L8 vols. 1–4 the United States from the 17th century The most important sales source cover- to the early 20th century and designed ing the years 1600–1925 and a primary for use by the general public, collectors, source for early art sales. and college and university students. Full Mireur, Hippolyte. Dictionnaire des Ventes annotations and chapter introductions d’Art faites en France et à l’Etranger pendant are by subject specialists. Introduction by des XVIII et XIX siècles. Paris: Maison Ames surveys the state of current scholar- d’Editions d’oeuvres Artistiques, Chez de ship in the field. Vincenti, 1911–12. Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles, 2007 REF N8675 .M6 1911 Price Guide. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, The basic source for 18th- and 19th- 2006. century French sales. Especially important REF NK1125 .A594 2007 for its inclusion of obscure artists. “America’s #1 selling price guide” is ar- Redford, George. Art Sales: A History of ranged by subject, with color illustrations, Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art. and includes a contributor directory. Pric- London: Bradbury, Agnew, 1888. es reflect a cross section of what is bought REF N8675 .R4 1888 vols. 1–2 and sold each year. An historical account of important Brit- ish sales from 1628 to 1887 with interest- ing articles on important collections that were auctioned. It also has a continuation 4 Boger, Louise Ade, and H. Batterson. Dic- De Winter, Patrick. European Decorative tionary of Antiques and the Decorative Arts, a Arts, 1400–1600: An Annotated Bibliography. Book of Reference for Glass, Furniture, Ceram- Boston: G. K. Hall, 1988. ics. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, REF Z5956.D3 D38 1988 1967. “In this volume have been gathered over REF NK30 .B57 1967 twenty-two hundred annotated references A classic in the field. Line drawings, photo- to selected published material dealing with graphs, and some plates accompany alpha- the various types of furnishings made for betically arranged entries. A classified list of the church, the palace, and the home, as subjects and terms, related within particular well as objects made for personal adorn- fields of research and grouped together, sets ment, produced in Europe during the time this volume apart. Includes bibliography that spans the late Gothic and Renaissance and supplement. periods.” Authoritative, comprehensive, well-organized, and fully annotated. Bronner, Simon J., ed. American Folk Art: A Guide to Sources. New York: Garland, 1984. Ehresman, Donald. Applied and Decorative REF Z5956. F6 A53 1984 Arts: A Bibliographic Guide. 2nd ed. Engle- Bibliography of folk art studies in America wood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1993. arranged by topic, with annotations and in- REF Z5956.A68 E47 1993 troductory essays by specialist contributors. Three chapters on type (general, orna- Introduction traces the history of folk art ment, folk) are followed by subjects from scholarship from its origins to the present. arms to wallpaper, each having an an- notated list of bibliographies, dictionaries, Campbell, Gordon. The Grove Encyclopedia general history, and geographic specific of Decorative Arts. New York: Oxford Uni- history. Included are monographs, price versity Press, 2006. guides, and major exhibition and museum REF NK28. G76 2006 catalogs. “See also” references are valuable. Two-volume alphabetical encyclopedia with bibliography. Provides design history Maloney, David J., Jr. Maloney’s Antiques of generic objects as well as biographies and Collectibles Resource Directory. 4th ed. of designers and manufacturers; defines Dubuque, IA: Antique Trader, 1997. techniques and materials and profiles major REF NK1127 .M36 1997 production cities.