How to Collect Art

A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to collecting across the board, from grand Old Masters to humble kitchenalia.

People have always made art and people have always collected art. But it is only recently that collecting became possible for everyone, not just the very rich. Indeed, collecting has never been more popular, as the rise of art fairs, antique fairs, television programs devoted to finding treasures in your attic and much more attests. And not only is collecting fun, it could be po...