The new Medicis

摘要

DEALERS were jittery at the Frieze Art Fair, which ended in London on October 16th and coincided with the autumn auctions. Global economic turmoil has not made wealthy art lovers love art less, but it has made them less wealthy. Auctioneers fear that the catalogue prices they fixed in July or earlier were too high and the price guarantees they gave sellers might return to bite them like a not-yet-pickled shark.