Title : Canadian Art Sales Index: 2009 Edition
Author: Anthony R. Westbridge
Publisher: Westbridge Publications Ltd.
ISBN: 978-0-9731792-6-2
Pages: 160
Cover Type: Soft Cover
Price: $54.95 (plus shipping & GST)

Record $71 million season sees average price per painting up 18.65% as market continues to grow!

Last year it was $65 million, this year it's $71 million! The Canadian art market continued its surge forward eclipsing record after record en route to a mammoth season's total of just over $71 million in 2007-08. Although there were fewer works sold on the year, collectors and investors were out in force to ensure not only a 12th consecutive market gain for total Canadian art sales, but also a new record for the average price of a Canadian painting sold at auction which now sits at a healthy $15,581. Although there was strength in the upper end of the market - no less than 11 paintings sold for more than $1million! - the real story of this year's success lies in the lower end of the market which, overall, showed considerable gains, with fewer works selling under $5,000 making those great deals even harder to find.
With stronger prices, a $71million season and 12 years of market growth all in the mix, what has happened to the value of your fine art portfolio? You can find the answers and a great deal more information relevant to the status of your collection in the all-new 2009 edition of the Canadian Art Sales Index, Canada's principal resource guide for Canadian art prices. Now into its 29th year the Index brings you all the prices, from $100 up, in salerooms from Saint John to Victoria, New York, London, Paris, Stockholm, Sydney, and beyond.

In this year's book - the 2009 edition - you'll discover:

• Over 4550 new auction prices - including several significant artists' records
• Over $71.004 million in Canadian art sales
• Works by more than 1120 Canadian artists and authors
• Results from 44 salerooms and 117 auctions
• A revised Top 100 paintings list and Top 100 artists' records
• A complete market overview for the past year as seen through the nation's leading market indicator, the WPL Composite Canadian Art Index
• And much more of interest and value to you as a collector/investor of Canadian art!

The 2009 edition of the Index has the prices that, once again, have set a whole new benchmark for Canadian art. It's definitely one edition you'll not want to miss. Order your copy today!