In this article, Amir Rad explores the impact of the auction on various aspects of art and artistic creativity. This memo was published in Artchart special issue on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Tehran auction, in Janury 2022.

Many factors are involved in holding an auction, which most are hidden from the eyes of an observer. When a work of art is presented in a prominent auction, the arrangement of the work in the pre-auction show and catalog, the auctioneer, and even the emotions that are aroused during the process, all become very important. In the following, we will discuss some of these factors that...

The "Economics of Contemporary Art" by Elisa Zerloni deals with the markets, strategies and star making system in art. A part of this book is dedicated to auctions and the secondary market, which you can read a summary of below.The following text, is from the Persian text translated by Hamidreza Sheshjavani and Leila Mirsafian and published by Farhangistan Honar Publishing.