Posts by J. Christoph Amberger
Thoughts on the Nature of Value
The concept of value in modern art becomes more tangible when you consider the current stir about the 32 Jackson Pollock paintings discovered in a storage locker a few years ago. Now, “Jack the Dripper” is famous for creating paint splatters. Every parent with a kid in elementary school knows that, because in first grade,…
Read More“I remember the day I met Michael Masterson …”
I remember the day I met Michael Masterson for the first time. I was a young, rambunctious editor at the Taipan Research Department, not quite thirty. During my tenure, I had faced down a number of superiors, publishers, and consultants who had intended to meddle with what I considered “my business” … the development of…
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