Made in Canada! An Investor's Guide to the Canadian Art Market

Title: Made in Canada! An Investor's Guide to the Canadian Art Market
Author: Westbridge, Anthony R.
Publisher: Westbridge Publications Ltd.
ISBN: 0-9685907-8-0
Price: $30.00 plus shipping, handling & applicable taxes
Pages: 84
Edition: 1
Cover Type: Soft Cover

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Is Canadian Art a good investment? How does it compare with other investment opportunities? Should you be including it in your investment portfolio? If so, which artists should you buy, and which avoid? You'll find the answers and just about everything else you wanted to know about the Canadian art market but didn't know who to ask in Made in Canada! An Investor's Guide to the Canadian Art Market.

The book provides a 25 year, in-depth business analysis of the Canadian art market. It tells you who's hot, who's not, and who's next. Divided into three sections, Part I is a brief analysis of the market between 1977-2002, including the market's strengths and weaknesses, market statistics, and investment comparisons. Part II looks at the seventeen individual WPL Canadian Art Indices, recognised as the barometer of Canadian art market activity. The indices cover a variety of different sectors of the Canadian art market including the Group of Seven, Canadian Women Artists, Canadian Prints, Sculpture, Historical Watercolours, and the Blue Chip artists to name a few.

Each Index commentary includes a brief history of its particular sector of the market, average annual returns on investment over 1, 5, 10, and 23 years, and a look at what the future holds in store.

Part III looks at the top Canadian art performers. Here you'll find the most active artists at auction, the top prints, sculptures and watercolours, the next best artists to watch out for, and the individual record prices for the top 100 artists and paintings at auction.

This book is an essential guide for both the established collector and anyone interested in adding fine art to their investment portfolio.