The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art by Don Thompson

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art



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ISBN: 0230610226, 9780230610224
Page: 282
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: pdf


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