Reading the Art World: Mary Rozell

Reading the Art World: a conversation with Mary Rozell, author of The Art Collector’s Handbook: the Definitive Guide to Acquiring and Owning Art, (Lund Humphries, 2020)

It wasn’t long ago when we would talk about three types of collectors:  there were the art investors which was the new breed and then there was the more traditional collector who is the passionate collector, the connoisseur and then a third category, that people might call the ‘copy-cat collectors’ who in it more for status…But now  we have this incredible democratization of the art world…and I wouldn’t even know how to define different categories of collectors now because almost anybody can be a collector. The barriers have really gone down.—Mary Rozell

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In this second edition of The Art Collector’s Handbook which has been fully revised since its first publication in 2014, Mary Rozell addresses the many changes which have taken place in the art market, in art law, and in the practice of collecting. 

I chose this book because it has become a reference guide for me for best practices in working with my collector clients—with guidance on everything from invoice clauses, and taxes to insurance, storage, collection management, the care and conservation of fine art, to art financing this book is an essential guide to the exciting business of collecting art.

A fellow member of the APAA Association of Professional Art Advisors, Mary Rozell combines her experience as both an art lawyer and art advisor to explain some of the myriad issues that arise when owning an art collection—how to care for it now and plan for the future.

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