The term art trade refers to professional acting with art goods of different forms and style directions and since the antique one was operated. In the Middle Ages this market became smaller appreciably with the entire art enterprise and did not grow not before the Renaissance. M¤zenatentum was the art trade rather detrimental, because it concerned thereby primarily inalienable order work, became the part of a representativen collection and those unmethodically and without a goal to pursue, put on was. Many of these work carried also no signature, because the artist understood himself as a representative craftsman. A good voucher for this same understanding is the Monogramme, with which the pictures were often provided, and which other craftsman, (carpenter, stone-cutter, printer) resembled. Only the break with this attitude animated the art market again and drove the prices so far up that pictures became every now and then a value plant. Under this aspect also the collection nature continued to itself develop. Only later, since that 19. , Painters and were forced sculptors worked century out also from own drive, and/or around the art sake, and to find a buyer for their work and to make themselves "a name ", for which one could require on the market. One speaks in the connection also of an emancipation of the artist of the client.

The setting of the market

In principle applies: The demand determines the price, which can vary due to different factors, e.g.: 1. Black forests an artist sells itself best in the Black Forest. 2. The more over the object and the artist admits is, so much the better. 3. Collecting tanks straight of their object seek out, because those are ready to pay a by far higher price than is usual on the market.

To neglect are not also preservation condition and quality of the object. These criteria often decide on the collection worthyness of the piece.

Art trade today

The art trade today usually takes place because of the high conversion behind locked doors. Places, at which at present art is acted, are main: Thereby frequently arts and crafts, which is operated rarely together with painting and plastics, plays auction houses, galleries, art actions in addition, antiquarische markets or special role.

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