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L'industrie du troisième millénaire

  in The Art Newspaper, No. 113, April 2001

 

 

 

Putting a price on art

One artsite that is promising profits for this year is Artprice.com, the French-based company that specialises in just one thing: information about prices and artists, destined mainly for professionals. Founded by Thierry Ehrmann in 1997 and launched on the Paris Nouveau Marché last year, the firm (wich is 17% owned by LVMH chairman and owner of Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, Bernard Arnault) is busy buying up databases of art prices and artist biographies. It already has American and French works. According to Mr Ehrmann, Artprice.com will soon acquire another 10 major art-history databases, including East German, Chinese and English archives. The site also offers artist and art market indices. The company reported sales of over $3 million (FFr 22 million; £2 million) in 2000, and maintains that it will be in the black within the first six months of this year.

Fiona Wilson
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