Marketing And Buying Fine Art Online: A Guide for Artists And Collectors

Marketing And Buying Fine Art Online: A Guide for Artists And Collectors
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Packed with relevant information cover to cover

Packed with unique advice specific to the fine art market

Marketing And Buying Fine Art Online: A Guide for Artists And Collectors
Marques Vickers
Manufacturer: Allworth Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

• Establish a Web presence without tears

• Advice from an expert who is also an artist

Artists, galleries, crafters, resellers—want to sell your art online? Here's the complete guide to establishing an effective Web site that will draw hits, promote sales, and establish a long-term, credible presence. Collectors—want to buy art online? Here's your book! Author Marques Vickers reveals emerging trends for artwork, plus opportunities for licensed products, barter, print on demand, and much more. Links to more than 1,200 relevant sites, plus clear, candid advice from an art expert, make this book an indispensable roadmap to online success.

Customer Reviews:

Packed with relevant information cover to cover.......2007-10-03

I purchased this book as one of many art marketing books I have acquired. Many of the other books have limited relevant information, so I expected to be able to pick a few tidbits from this book just like most of the others. But to my surprise, this book was packed with wonderful, relevant and well versed information for todays visual artist to utilize. In fact, this book is like a bible to me....I keep it highlighted and right at my desk to reference. I also purchased one and had it sent to my son, also a painter, so he would be able to have this wealth of information himself. I highly recommend anyone that is wanting to know the in's and out's of marketing your art online, to buy this book!!!

Packed with unique advice specific to the fine art market.......2006-03-06

Marketing And Buying Fine Art Online walks artists, resellers and gallery owner alike through the process of understanding what's online, how it's promoted, and how to understand and profit from the selling network. From setting up an effective web site to promote sales to locating artists reference resources, art fairs and workshops, and auctions online, it's packed with unique advice specific to the fine art market.

Origami in the Classroom Book 2: Activities for Winter Through Summer
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Origami in the Classroom Book 2: Activities for Winter Through Summer
Chiyo Araki
Manufacturer: Charles Tuttle Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JMFIQ0

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Origami in the Classroom Book 2: Activities for Winter Thro

Origami in the Classroom Book 2: Activities for Winter Through Summer (Origami in the Classroom)
Chiyo Araki
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0804804532

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Origami in the Classroom Book 2: Activities for Winter Thro.......2001-06-20

The second in a series of two books designed for classroom utilization. The book has a series of projects that have been adapted to American events and holidays. The second book includes projects for Washington's Birthday, St. Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, and for variety a penguin, clowns, and a crab. The book is unique in that it states the appropriate grade level; lower, middle, and upper as well as the required time for completing each project. The written instruction are easy to follow. This book would be appropriate for children seven years and older.

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Another masterpiece by Lyon/Bleak Beauty Books.......1999-01-11

A photo book every collector should grab before its price hits the roof. A sensitive, searing portrait of the life of two young boys as they hold off their photo-screwball of a father as he chases them across the page. Catch-it! A clever and beautiful use of album photography.

Book Description

Watch them wiggle. See them jiggle.

Book Description

In the heyday of Andy Warhol's legendary hub of art, subculture, and insanity known as the Factory, one performer made his mark like no other: Jackie Curtis. A wildly creative, avant-garde performer, poet, playwright, and longtime friend and collaborator of Warhol's, Curtis was well known as a cross-dressing phenom whose personal life went even further and was even wilder than anything onstage and onscreen. In this loving, dazzling, and, above all else, shocking memorial to Curtis-who died tragically of a drug overdose in 1985-filmmaker Craig Highberger delivers a fascinating oral biography of the drag queen, including interviews with such counterculture luminaries as Holly Woodlawn, Joe Dallesandro, Paul Morrissey, and Michael Musto.

DVD INCLUDES:

Producer/director Highberger's award-winning documentary film Superstar in a Housedress, narrated by Lily Tomlin.

Customer Reviews:

Weird and Wonderful.......2007-05-07

Jackie Curtis was a close friend of the guy who ran the James Dean Gallery. It was through him and my interest in James Dean and the link to Jackie Curtis through the line in 'Walk On The Wild Side, that I decided to find out more about him and the lifestyle of those around him, Andy Warhol and the era. I wasn't disappointed. The five stars rating is based on me getting what I wanted. It is an easy read. A series of short anecdotal interviews with those who knew this person well. It is open and honest. The accompanying DVD is well-produced and brings to life the book itself. Fascinating.

A strange way to sell a first-class documentary..........2007-03-10

If, like me, you ran across the book 'Superstar in a Housedress' while looking for the documentary of the same name, it may have taken you a few minutes to figure out that buying the book is, apparently, the only way to get the DVD.

Yes, this is the full, ninety-plus minute release of the DVD available for rent from Netflix and other rental venues. How the choice was made to market the film as a "companion piece" to the book, without (as far as I can tell) releasing it as a stand-alone purchase, I dunno. I hope it will be released separately in the future, since the current marketing format, I'd think, would tend to lessen its circulation to a wider audience.

Not that there's anything wrong with the book: it's a compendium of reminiscences by people who were close to Jackie. Some of the material repeats what's in the film, and some fills in gaps in backstory that 90 minutes can't provide, such as details on the life and death of the remarkable (and remarkably messed-up) Andrea Feldman. Still, a nice chunky paperback book of commentary in a boxed DVD set might have been a better way to sell the package, which is truly a good one. It's just that the DVD overrides the book in its excellence. There's no good reason why the book needed to be published in hardcover; it's really liner notes for the DVD.

And then there's the strange, spooky, *sealed* envelope that the DVD itself comes in. Glued furtively into the back of the book, there's a lengthy disclaimer proclaiming in no uncertain terms that you MUST NOT OPEN THE PACKAGE ("Simply return the sealed package.") if you think that the DVD might in any number of (enumerated) ways ruin your life. Talk about user-friendly!

But the good news is -- once you get over the fear, and open the potentially-deadly "package", you find that after all it's just an ordinary DVD, and a great one, at that. Densely packed with interviews, historical stills, film clips, and even a fair amount of very early videotape, this documentary is a detailed and very loving portrait of one of the most defiant gender-bending artists in the history of gender-bending and the stage itself.

The past several years have seen the release of the Paul Morrisey/Andy Warhol films on DVD, and that's brought these previously hard-to-get-at movies to a new audience. This in turn has increased curiosity about the Warhol scene in the 60's, 70's, and later; and that period is increasingly interesting, as civilization lurches inexorably (or so it seems) toward a dessicated, triple-filtered, don't-drink, don't-smoke cultural puritanism.

What was going on in New York in the 50's, 60's, and 70's transformed the American culture. A whole lot of the sexual freedom that we have today, whether it's embraced or bemoaned by whatever faction, comes from the crazy explosion that was the 60's and 70's. There's no shortage of information on the cultural revolution that happened then, but there's also no end to what can be added to it. This story about Jackie Curtis is no small addition.

As a smart kid escaping the wilds of Connecticut who started hustling the streets in NY at 16, I knew a number of the people in this film peripherally, and for the most part they were the people who informed my perception of what life was all about. There was a communality, and a total lack of hierarchy (but for a few bitchfests) and everyone was welcome; I think, in retrospect, that this was what the hippieness of the 60's led to: a kind of a hybrid of the rejection of popular culture with the co-opting of it. At the time, the most visible manifestation of pre-packaged pop culture that could be harvested was the Hollywood star system of the 30's and 40's. Jackie Curtis was hip to this, but also added a Dada-style twist to it. Warhol became the catalyst, but what 'Superstar in a Housedress' demonstrates is that he couldn't have done the things that he (or rather, Paul Morrisey, working under his aegis) did without girls like Jackie, Candy Darling, or Holly Woodlawn (whom, I have to say, is looking absolutely GREAT in this doc, and QUITE the polished lady.)

This is an absolutely essential documentary for those interested in the period, its quirks, and its consequences. But moreso, it's a great tribute to the unbridled, mad creativity of Jackie Curtis, who should never be forgotten. Hopefully, this DVD (and its companion piece, the book) will help assure that.

Also -- at the time of this writing, the book and DVD are pretty consistently available from housing_works_bookstore @ Amazon at a cheap price. Housing Works supports homeless people affected by HIV/AIDS in New York City, so purchasing from them is a win-win thing. They got my order to me very quickly and in perfect condition, so what could I do? I ordered another one from them right away. Somebody's getting it for Christmas. Don't know who yet. Somebody who will have been REAL good this year!

Seriously, though -- if you're interested in the history of the NY art scene in the period, this is very much worth buying.

I would give this 6 stars if I could.......2007-03-08

Jackie Curtis was great - this book and DVD are a rich history of one of Warhols' Drag superstars - the smartest one of them all

SuperStar is the fitting tribute to Jackie Curtis .......2006-01-31

I finished: Superstar in a Housedress, as well as watching the DVD. Thank you Mr. Highberger for providing a most interesting and sincere look into Jackie Curtis.

The format was so nice, to hear from so many people who were close to this incredible person really gave me a better idea of who Jackie was and how she lived. I have had the opportunity, as a transsexual entertainer, to travel the country and meet many transgendered performers. They obviously do not get the press or opportunity they deserve. This book is a fitting tribute to a person who helped shape todays theater and bring attention to gender expression.

Jackie was obviously a genius who in many ways helped to shape the character of what we know Broadway play to be, and from the off off Broadway level. He/she lived the street life and was a very real person, on a real level facing the challenges life on that level brings regardless of the day to day persona she would take on.

The book/CD focuses on commentary from her friends and aqauintences and whether from a gay/trans or straight perspective, Jackie Curtis was the epitome of living life as one's own self and creating from the most sincere inner feelings in the face of great odds. Many exerpts of her plays, notes and writings are included to give the reader a more intimate view of Jackie and the person within the personna, whether that be Jackie, James Dean or some other form of self expression.

Obviously she can be an inspiration to those who strive for individuality and to leave a positive mark through their works regardless of her tragic finality.
I would highly recommend viewing this documentary and reading the book as well for anyone interested in life, humor, love, tragedy and the very real Star that Jackie Curtis was.

Excellent bio of an elusive, fascinating Warhol superstar.......2006-01-17

Jackie Curtis rose to (cult) fame in the 1970s as one of Andy Warhol's innumerable "superstars." But Jackie - born John Holder Jr. in 1947 - stood out even from such curios as International Velvet and Penny Arcade. Jackie was a tall (6'2") charismatic writer and performer built like a linebacker whose crazy antics and complex drag persona transcended even the insanity of the Warhol crowd. She was a drag queen whose couture consisted mostly of shredded gowns, wigs sprayed with Raid, and a noticeable five o'clock shadow. She wrote camp-drenched plays with titles like Glamour, Glory, and Gold and Vain Victory: Vicissitudes of the Damned that garnered good reviews even from the New York Times. She shot amphetamine and heroin, blew firemen in New York's back alleys in exchange for cigarettes, and alternately enchanted and terrorized friends and acquaintances with her demented diva routines that included "rearranging" (trashing) their apartments and drinking all their wine. She's probably best remembered today as the most sophisticated member of that holy trinity of Warhol trannies featured in the 1971 Paul Morrissey film Women in Revolt. (The others were glamorous Candy Darling, who died of leukemia at 25, and snaggle-toothed queen Holly Woodlawn, last seen prancing through West Hollywood.)

Author and filmmaker Craig Highberger knew Curtis very well in her heyday and has cobbled together an intriguing biography entirely from interviews with her friends. Superstar in a Housedress, which comes bundled with a DVD of Highberger's excellent film of the same name, is a breezy, often hilarious look at a uniquely uncategorizable personality and the New York homo-art underground typified by the wacky Warholians of the 1960s and `70s.

Curtis, as she was usually called, was raised mostly by her granny, Slugger Annie, a bar owner who liked to "wear" seven yapping Chihuahuas in her cleavage. Curtis did her best to top that. According to witnesses like Penny Arcade and Lily Tomlin, she staged endless, very public weddings with grooms who might or might not appear. She faked suicides to friends who dutifully donned mourning veils even though they knew she was just dramatizing. Typically, she'd appear at a fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation and start screaming things like "Eddie, my kidneys are killing me!"

Curtis's flirtations with fame are well documented here - friendships with Tomlin and Harvey Fierstein, writing a play that would be Robert De Niro's first stage appearance, guest-starring on the sitcom Rhoda. But she never quite rose to the status of household word, which seemed to bother her less and less as she drifted into amphetamine-fueled fits and heroin fogs. Her actual death in 1985 at age 38 was almost anticlimactic, but Superstar in a Housedress, a phrase she used about herself, will make some readers (not all!) wish she were still here to liven things up.

Musical Instruments: History, Technology and Performance of Instruments of Western Music
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Musical Instruments: History, Technology and Performance of Instruments of Western Music
Donald Murray Campbell , Clive Alan Greated , and Arnold Myers
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Musical Instruments presents the first comprehensive survey to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music. A full glossary and index also contain definitions of technical terms and notes on
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Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Advance Player)
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You'll get a big edge

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LIMIT HOLD EM ONLY!!!

Perfecting your game

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David Sklansky , and Mason Malmuth
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Texas Hold 'em is not an easy game to play well. To become an expert you must balance many concepts, some of which occasionally contradict each other. In 1988, the first edition appeared. Many ideas, which were only known to a small, select group of players, were made available to anyone who was striving to become an expert, and the hold 'em explosion had begun. It is now a new century, and the authors have again moved the state of the art forward by adding over 100 pages of new material, including extensive sections on "loose games," and "short-handed games." Anyone who studies this text, is well disciplined, and gets the proper experience should become a significant winner. Some of the other ideas discussed include play on the first two cards, semi-bluffing, the free card, inducing bluffs, staying with a draw, playing when a pair flops, playing trash hands, desperation bets, playing in wild games, reading hands, and psychology.

Customer Reviews:

You'll get a big edge.......2007-09-29

I really am not a fan of the reviews, but I feel that I have the obligation to recommend this book because if you read it, you will understand better the others players' game, and the best of it you'll get a big edge over them.

Excellent.......2007-08-23

I was constantly breaking even before getting this book on online poker sites. After reading it, I took nearly all of the guesswork out of my playstyle and recently just bought a new guitar entirely with winnings.

I recommend this book to anyone who already considers themselves decent at poker and already has good intuition as to spotting how others play to determine what they have... or don't have. This book will not probably help you with those things. This book is best for those who are already good at poker but either have their game strategy wrong or off a little.

The best part of this book is it makes it much more easy to spot poor play from other people at your table and thus allows you to profit hugely from that.

Overrated .......2007-08-14

Sure, there are tips in the book - but there isn't any supporting...anything. You are expected to just take things on face value. Also, it is TERRIBLY written. I think I read the word "finally" 4 times in a chapter. It's terribly nonsensical at many times. It needs a complete re-write and edit.

The thoughts are chaotic and presented sloppily. It takes 3 reads to understand paragraphs most of the time...

TERRIBLE READ.

LIMIT HOLD EM ONLY!!!.......2007-06-02

Buy this book only if you play fixed-limit hold em, not the pot limit and no limit games that most people play, all the strategy in this book relates to fixed limit and DOES NOT carry over to no limit. I don't remember this being mentioned on the sleeve, and it would be easy for a NL player to add this to their library only to read it and find out too late that it does not apply to NL.

Just so you know!!!

Perfecting your game.......2007-05-21

This is a great book by the original expert in Texas Holdem, David Sklansky. After learning the basics this book is great for teaching the finer details and less obvious nuances of the game. It's a must for anyone who's serious about learning Texas Holdem.

Illustrated Guide To Texas Hold'em: Making Winners Out Of Beginners and Advanced Players

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Illustrated Guide To Texas Hold'em: Making Winners Out Of Beginners and Advanced Players
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The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em takes you from novice to skilled player fast. This low-limit Texas Hold'em book puts you in the game, giving you actual situations where a decision must be made, and you make the next move.

Author and former gambling pro Dennis Purdy shows you the right answer to each hand with a clear explanation about whether you chose correctly - or not.

Whether you're an absolute beginner or an experienced player looking to hone your skills, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em will have you betting smarter - and winning more money - in no time!

Customer Reviews:

Decent book, but very basic.......2007-08-07

this is a book about limit poker for a beginner. Not for the advanced player as the front of the book reads. But if you are a beginner, it seems like it should do a decent job at teaching. I was disappointed, but I've been playing foraa couple of years.

great book for my boyfriend.......2007-05-30

I bought this book for my boyfriend in Jan. He had been getting in to playing poker and wanted to learn more about Texas Hold Em. I checked out other books on Amazon, but decided to go w/ this one. Good thing I did because he LOVED it. He even looked over some other books in the store and said this was the one he would have chosen for himself.

Great book for learning how to analyze cards.......2007-01-20

This was one of the first poker books I got, and its layout was a great help. It starts with some basic principles, then jumps headfirst into 150 different scenarios, where you're asked how to play it further. Purdy provides the full odds and play situation, then his detailed answer on how you could play it, what could happen, and how he'd play it. It helped me greatly with understanding the strength of pocket cards and reading the board, plus analyzing what pocket hands would beat my made hands.

That said, the book's biggest weakness is the promotion of very tight play, plus an emphasis on using your cards as the sole determinant of whether or not to play hands. Strong pocket hands are rare, and players who put this to practice in real tournaments often will watch their stacks slowly disappear and get blinded off, going out of tournaments with a whimper. You will rarely see hands strong enough to play, and when you do, there is no guarantee you'll have a playable hand, let alone the winning hand, once the cards hit the table. The book also doesn't emphasize enough the importance of playing position, though it does go into detail how you play different based on chip counts. However, the book's scenarios often have you playing with a chip lead: obviously, as a beginner, you're not going to be in such a situation very often.

It's great for beginners picking up basic principles on pocket and hand analysis, plus elements of situational tournament play. Once you master its principles, though, you'll want to move up and read more advanced materials. Recommendations are all over the internet. However, I would suggest reading this before reading the convoluted strategy manuals that are popular today.

A good 2nd book on THE - Useful despite errors.......2006-12-04

This book contains a systematic error in its crucial table of opening hand strength on page 24-25. (It purports to give the odds a given hand has of winning when up against one other hand, but its numbers are too low for all hands but AA; the weighted average win rate should be 50%, but more than half the hands are showing win rates of less than 5%.) And there are better sources for systematic starting hand strength, generally using Slansky-style Groups 1 through 8 -- buy one of those first.

But I learned a lot from many of the situations in this book; most of the time where the book disagreed with my initial perception, the book convinced me with its logic. But sometimes Purdy missed something (in situation #146, your best hope is actually to get a fourth 3 on the turn or river, giving you the nut hand with your Ace kicker). And sometimes he made an error in drawing odds (and yes, I know that, say, 20% = 1/5 = 4-to-1); in the same situation the odds of getting an A or 10 on the turn alone are are 6.8-to-1 (not 11-to-1 as stated) and the odds of A, T or 3 are 5.7 to 1. (7 outs, for 40-to-7).

You have pot odds to call because there are probably no face-card pocket pairs (there was no raising pre-flop) and the odds are only 12/47 that anyone still in holds a 3 (6 callers saw the flop), and probably less than that since 3 is not a power card (it had more than average odds of being folded, except perhaps if it happened to be held as A3s). With pot odds you should at least call, not fold.

Low limit player, on the right track.......2006-11-10

I have been playing twice a week for a year now at a 4-8 game. Usual win rate of about 8 out of 10 sessions. This book helped to reinforce I was playing right most of the time and pointed out where I had some holes. I'd recommend for the average low limit player who thinks they are on the right track.

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Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players
David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth
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David & Malmuth, Mason Sklansky
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David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth
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