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Dear Client:
The 2001-2002 auction year was truly spectacular! In fact it was the most spectacular year on record for Canadian art, finally eclipsing the historic peak of the mid 1980s. It set a new high for a single session of Canadian art, a new high for a Canadian painting at auction, a new high for total annual turnover, a new high for the WPL Composite Canadian Art Index and gave the Canadian art market its sixth consecutive annual gain.
Now, the 2002-2003 season is setting up to be even better! After an historic fall season in 2002 that set a record for a single season's total, the outlook for the coming year is most encouraging - with the prospect of establishing a record seventh straight annual gain very much a possibility. The 2001-2002 auction year established a new plateau for Canadian art but the current 2002-2003 season promises to be the new benchmark year against which all future seasons will be judged. So much action, so many changes, and you will find it all in the upcoming 2004 edition of the Canadian Art Sales Index, Canada's principal resource guide for Canadian art prices at auction.
Now in its 24th year, the Index is a serious publication for serious art collectors, investors, dealers, academics and other industry professionals across Canada and overseas. Subscribers, the majority of whom own collections valued well in excess of $100,000, use the book extensively throughout the year and rely on the Index as a key information source when considering the purchase or sale of a work of art.
The opportunity to access this exclusive market is not to be missed. Canadian Art Sales Index readers are precisely the kind of people you value as clients, and exposure to this proven group of active, affluent and influential investors and collectors will undoubtedly prove beneficial to your business.
We are currently booking space for the 2002-2003 edition of the Canadian Art Sales Index, scheduled for publication in October 2003. Our advertising rates for this year's book are as follows:
| Full page colour |
$1320 |
Camera & production work: Add 15% |
| Half page colour |
$790 |
Colour rate based on separations supplied to size |
| Full page b&w |
$895 |
Trim size: 5.5" x 8.5" |
| Half page b&w |
$505 |
Space reservations deadline: August 22nd, 2003 |
| Quarter page b&w |
$310 |
Copy deadline: September 5th, 2003 |
| Sixth page b&w |
$215 |
Agency discount: Add 15% to published rates |
The Index retails for $45.00.
If you would like to advertise in this year's Index, or require additional information, please contact us at (604)736-1014.
You can also reach us by fax at (604)734-4944, or e-mail at info@westbridge-fineart.com.
Anthony R. Westbridge, Publisher
Canadian Art Sales Index
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