Investment in Paintings: A Short-Run Price Index

Marilena Locatelli () and Roberto Zanola

Journal of Cultural Economics, 1999, vol. 23, issue 3, pages 209-219

Abstract: This paper analyses the performance of a speculative investment in paintings during the period 1987–1995 by applying a modified repeat sales technique to a sample of 1446 repeat sales. Since this period is characterised by a boom and a non-boom sub-period, a price risk term is introduced to estimate influences that only affect a painting's value upon its sale, by isolating shocks that can cause realised returns to stray from expectations. The main finding is that from 1987 to 1991 an investment in paintigs performs well if compared with alternative forms of investment, such as U.S. stocks, U.S. 30 year government bonds and gold; by contrast, from 1992 to 1995 returns are lower, with the exception of 1993. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999

Keywords: auction; capital asset price index; painting; repeat sales; speculative investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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