Auctions: The Social Construction of Value
Auctions: The Social Construction of Value
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拍卖：价值的社会建构
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1989
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C. W. Smith
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C. W. Smith
长期以来，拍卖一直是交换古董和马肉的首选方式，而如今，拍卖已被用来出售从畅销书到房地产、从政府债券到废弃汽车等各种物品。正如社会学家查尔斯·史密斯所揭示的那样，供需的机械法则很少支配拍卖过程。相反，价值是由一个复杂的社会过程决定的，该过程结合了拍卖参与者的信念和行为以及拍卖场的假设和实践。基于多年对不同类型拍卖的参与和观察以及对数百名拍卖师的采访，史密斯不仅让我们对拍卖过程有了理论上的了解，还让我们对拍卖的景象和声音有了更深入的了解。
Long the preferred method of exchange for antiques and horseflesh, auctions are used today to sell everything from bestselling books to real estate, government bonds to abandoned automobiles. As sociologist Charles Smith reveals, the mechanical law of supply and demand rarely governs the auction process. Rather value is determined by a complex social process combining both the beliefs and actions of the auction participants and the assumptions and practices on the auction floor. Based on years of participation in and observation of different types of auctions and interviews with hundreds of auctioneers, Smith gives us not only a theoretical understanding of the auction process but the sights and sounds as well.