An Investor-Oriented Metric for the Art Market

Three data sets: Data set A consists of 1,818 observations of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's paintings auction prices and their characteristics covering the period [March 1985 - February 2013]. Data set B consists of 441 observations of Henri Matisse's paintings auction prices and their characteristics covering the period [May 1960 - November 2012]. Data set C consists of 2,115 observations of paintings covering the period [March 1985 - February 2013].