Tom Flynn is unusual in being a scholar and academic who is deeply knowledgeable about the operation of the international art market. He provides a comprehensive, wide-ranging and historically well-informed account of the sometimes arcane language which surrounds the art market, including brief descriptions of the leading dealers, galleries, art fairs, websites and tools for understanding the art trade.

- Charles Saumarez Smith, Royal Academy of Arts

Tom Flynn delves into the sometimes opaque language of the art market and comes up with a clear explanation of its terms, often coupled with useful historical perspectives. The introductory essays are a good overview of the market – both yesterday’s and today’s.

- Georgina Adam, Art market editor-at-large, The Art Newspaper; Art market contributor, The Financial Times

Tom Flynn is the least servile art historian I know and his writing on the art market is characteristic of him--thank heavens.

- Anna Somers Cocks OBE, CEO, The Art Newspaper