The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
| Full title | The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art |
|---|---|
| Author | Don Thompson |
| Published | 2008 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Economist Don Thompson’s tour of the contemporary art market — branded dealers, auction-house guarantees, and why the same object is worth an order of magnitude more with a Gagosian label on it. The title is the price paid for Damien Hirst’s preserved shark. |
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
Where I heard about it
- @WillManidis’s thread — named in the replies to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?”, June 2025. Full set of replies: what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Capital Allocation — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: the book is about price formation where there is no cash flow.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.