A most ingenious paradox: The market for contemporary fine art

American Anthropologist

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 482-493

  Plattner, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 0032384366     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1998.100.2.482     Document Type: Article

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