{"product_id":"top-tick-vanishing-valuations-in-the-contemporary-art-market-paperback","title":"Top Tick: Vanishing Valuations in the Contemporary Art Market - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Birkenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe art world loves a spectacle. But at what cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Top Tick, art collector and former finance professional David Birkenshaw pulls back the velvet curtain on contemporary art's high-stakes circus, where branding often matters more than brushwork. Blending personal insight with auction data, he reveals a volatile marketplace in which only the top 1 percent of \"brand-name\" artists (think Warhol, Hirst, or Basquiat) hold their value, while the rest quietly vanish from gallery walls-and balance sheets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom multimillion-dollar bananas to crypto-funded publicity stunts, Top Tick explores how hype, wealth signaling, and fashion routinely outpace artistic merit. This isn't a takedown of contemporary art. Rather, it's a clear-eyed look at how it's traded, flaunted, and forgotten. A cautionary tale disguised as market analysis, Top Tick is essential reading for anyone who still believes \"investment-grade art\" is anything but an oxymoron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45396416954447,"sku":"9781038352989","price":25.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/1QWbafp8FK9781038352989.webp?v=1780278939","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/top-tick-vanishing-valuations-in-the-contemporary-art-market-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}