The "Art Sales Index" is used by auctioneers, dealers and collectors throughout the world to help determine the value of works of art.The 32nd Annual Edition has the details of 138,000 entries of fine art sold at auction around the world for the last auction season from 2,976 catalogues by 463 auction houses. Oil paintings, works on paper, sculpture, photographs, prints and miniatures are listed in order of price, by artist. Other features include statistics for the auction season giving turnover and lots sold by country and by nationality of artist. The auction season is also broken down into price bands for each medium listing the number of lots and the turnover in US Dollars and UK Pounds.