Contents: Locating and dislocating value. A pragmatic approach to early modern and 19th-century economic practices, Bert de Munck and Dries Lyna. Part I Expanding Markets and Market Devices: Labelling with numbers? Weavers, merchants and the valuation of linen in 17th-century Münster, Christof Jeggle; Words of value? Art auctions and semiotic socialization in the Austrian Netherlands (1750-1794), Dries Lyna; From a ‘knowledgeable’ salesman towards a ‘recognizable’ product? Questioning branding strategies before industrialization (Antwerp, 17th to 19th centuries), Ilja Van Damme; Golden touchstones? The culture of auctions of paintings in Brussels, 1830-1900, Anneleen Arnout. Part II Conventions, Material Culture, and Institutions: The justness of aestimatio and the justice of transactions. Defining real estate values in early modern Milan, Michela Barbot; Vehicles of disinterested pleasure: French painting and non-remunerative value in the 18th century, Tomas Macsotay; Usefulness, ornamental function and novelty: debates on quality in button and buckle manufacturing in northern Italy (18th to 19th centuries), Barbara Bettoni. Part III The Old and the New: Façon de Venise: determining the value of glass in early modern Europe, Corine Maitte; The veneer of age: valuing the patina of silver in 18th-century Britain, Helen Clifford; The value of a collection: collecting practices in early modern Europe, Adriana Turpin. (The History of Retailing and Consumption)

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