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  • The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

    The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

    by Don Thompson ...
    Why would a New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does a Jackson Pollock “drip painting” sell for $140 million?In the first book to explore and explain the economics of the modern art world, Don Thompson talks to auction houses, dealers, and collectors to uncover the strategies that power the market to make or break an artist’s reputation ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Orange Balloon Dog

    Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market

    by Don Thompson ...
    Within forty-eight hours in the fall of 2014, buyers in the Sotheby’s and Christie’s New York auction houses spent $1.7 billion on contemporary art. Non-taxed freeport warehouses around the globe are stacked with art held for speculation. One of Jeff Koons’ five chromium-plated stainless steel balloon dogs sold for 50 percent more at auction than the previous record for any living artist. A ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Curious Economics of Luxury Fashion

    Millennials, Influencers and A Pandemic

    by Don Thompson ...
    This is the third edition, updated to 2022. In The Curious Economics of Luxury Fashion, economist and bestselling author Don Thompson offers insights and fascinating examples in discussing the intriguing and fast-evolving world of luxury fashion. Why does one handbag sells for five times the price of another that looks and feels pretty much the same? How does a luxury label justify a runway show ... Read more

    $11.85 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Telenizer

    by Don Thompson ...
    The Telenizer is a science fiction short story written by Don Thompson. It was first published in 1953. The story is set in a future where television technology has advanced to the point where it can manipulate and control human minds. The protagonist, a young man named Jack, becomes addicted to a new television program called "The Telenizer." As he watches the show more and more, Jack begins to ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Supermodel and the Brillo Box

    Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art

    by Don Thompson ...
    Acquiring contemporary art is about passion and lust, but it is also about branding, about the back story that comes with the art, about the relationship of money and status, and, sometimes, about celebrity. The Supermodel and the Brillo Box follows Don Thompson's 2008 bestseller The $12 Million Stuffed Shark and offers a further journey of discovery into what the Crash of 2008 did to the art ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Eightieth Year

    A Journal

    by Don Thompson ...
    Although Time may be that Heraclitean river no one can step into twice, it's not really linear. Rapids churn in some places and it scarcely flows at others, almost stagnant. And the current often sideslips into eddies that circle indefinitely. At least Time seems to function like that as it flows through the memories of a long life. The Eightieth Year, although in the form of a journal comprising ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Don's John Jokes

    by Don Thompson ...
    Don’s John JokesBy: Don ThompsonDon Thompson has always loved telling jokes. He used to have an uncle who owned a barber shop and would visit him there a couple times a month. They would sit and tell jokes. When his uncle passed away, Thompson’s sister asked him to tell one of their jokes as he was being laid to rest. Don’s John Jokes is a collection of the jokes he has been telling for many years ... Read more

    $12.37 CAD

  • The Telenizer

    by Don Thompson ...
    The Telenizer by Don Thompson. ... Read more

    $0.97 CAD

  • The Telenizer

    by Don Thompson ...
    Langston had technicolor delusions; inanimate objects came alive in his hands; THEY were persecuting him, out to get him ... what a relief it was to know he wasn't going insane! ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Second Nature

    by DON THOMPSON ...
    Allison Walker is an enigma. It seems that the bright young owner of Rain City Yachts has another side to her personalityone irresistibly drawn to the field of medicine. Allison is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder and committed to mandatory participation in a clinical trial at a prestigious psychiatric institute. But when she discovers her own misdiagnosis and the true source of her ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Places Not Here

    by Don Thompson ...
    Places Not Here is the concluding book of the Stellar Woods trilogy. In this final adventure, young adults Tom and Katie Morrison are called back to Seattle for the reading of the will of their departed mentor, Dr. Spencer Blankenship.When the facts of Dr. Blankenship's demise don't add up, Tom and Katie must decide whether to ignore the disturbing details and return to their safe and successful ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • High Dragon Bump

    by Don Thompson ...
    That was the way the aliens spoke: confused nonsense. If it took reduction or torch hair, the Cirissins wanted a bump. Hokum, thistle, gluck. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD