Introduction -- Vincent Fremont -- Dollar signs -- Triple all the prices! -- Sure hope you have insurance -- King Kong of galleries -- Tuna fish disaster -- Belgian shoes -- Eccentric collection -- $500 Marilyn 1t gold -- Ivan Karp -- Survival of the fittest -- Dividing the map -- Liquidity -- Would someone give me a million? -- How to buy art -- Passed -- Tree collector -- Art market jitters -- Private dealer -- Benjamins -- Green -- Don't do me any favors -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Index. An art dealer shares the story of his quest to own a painting by pop artist Andy Warhol--a process that began in 1987 and endured for 12 years. This behind-the-scenes look the world of art galleries, auction houses, and collectors reveals humor, hypocrisy, gossip, greed, manipulation, and money.

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