Tax can call anyone as they please !
Artoil-A, to repeat ... the umpteenth time : it 's about investing in the Art, and not to invest in consumer goods ...
Do not stop flooding, part ...

Go on who buys paintings?
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Not advise what few understand.

When an artist can compete in the galleries , it becomes a stronger position in the market , and focus on a specific buyer reduces the rate of self-development of the artist. And always associated with specific customers that any manipulation of the wasted time is wasted .
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Do not be angry, my master.
I did not argue with you.
Obey.

Read texts Artoyla . Reflection of the era in its local manifestation.
In my opinion , a lot of interesting things. A lot of work that a lot of respect . Yes and easy language . For technical ( stress ) arsenal artist - I think too many useful things. For art business - already far less .
Depressing only the main imperative of the author. Personal his love - or even interest - art in his texts not coming through. It also rejects the author , most readers of the site . Rejects together with all useful, they could be described .

In my view , art business - is, above all , love of art and , of course, - the ability to earn on it ( which is impossible without marketing and technology ) .
And now the main conclusion .
Anyone not balanced roll in one direction or another ( relatively speaking, a " clean" business and "pure " art ) leave " heeled " is art or out of the money , respectively.

Art ( from tserk. - Slav. Iskusstvo (Latin ehperimentum - experience test) Article - Slav. Iskous - experience less torture , torture [1][2] ) - imaginative comprehension of reality , the process or the result of the expression [3] internal or external (with respect to the creator ) of the world in an artistic image , creativity, direction, so that it reflects the interests not only of the author, but also other people . [4]
Art ( along with science ) - one way of knowing , as in natural science [5] , and in the religious picture of perceiving the world.


I think " consumer goods " is included in this definition.
If someone invested profitably during this despised segment of the market , the glory and honor ...

 Or under "art " means something different than in the above quote from Wikipedia ?

Under consumer goods , as I understand it , means " Gzhel ", " Fedoskino " Jostovo "...?
But for reasons of forum I support the orderly discipline offline throughout.
By the way , the processes of marketing, online promotion of the artist from the standpoint of a successful commercial artist , I think interesting for scientific understanding .

Here's where to see the original source of this estimate ? What experts evaluated ? I tried to find where the shoe pinches , but found none. About a billion is an old bike. Another order . Painting auction market in Russia - about $ 20 million (this is calculated by us) , and the gallery - about $ 100 million (this peer-review) . No billion there not even close . For comparison, the entire global auction market artists orbit Russian Art ( Sotheby's, Christie's , Rothko , Kandinsky) - about $ 500 million (also calculated on the basis of us ) .