Dear ARLIS-L subscribers,
I am the relatively new manager of the Price Database at Artnet, a
database of illustrated auction records from 1985 to present, to which
many of you currently subscribe.
Terri Boccia, of the Clark Institute of Art, contacted me this month
requesting a list of auction houses covered by the database. Her
request set into play an internal discussion concerning our need to give
all our library clients such a list, complete with historical dates for
houses not currently covered due to mergers, name changes, etc. I am
not able to send Excel files attached to the listserv, however, if you
send an email to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> , I will
reply with the list as an attachment.
We are currently expanding not only the houses we offer but also any
missing catalogues from houses that may not have sent results in a year
or so. Most of our data comes to us digitally via FTP and we are
working making sure all data is as comprehensive as possible.
We are also building an auction house directory available for all
visitors on our site, which will indicate houses that currently list in
the database. Please look to our website, www.artnet.com for additional
features including our "Upcoming Auctions" page, our gallery directory,
and our magazine.
For those of you who currently hold subscriptions, please alert your
users to our new print feature (at the upper right of the search results
pages), which allows a user to select which results they would like to
print.
I welcome any of your questions and hope you will find the list to be of
use.
Best regards,
Amy
Amy C. King
Manager, Price Database, AWC
artnet
61 Broadway, 23rd Fl.
New York, NY 10006
Ph: 212 497 9700 x373
Fax: 212 497 5000
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