Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. During 2003, Sotheby’s sold the Edgar Degas bronze sculpture Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans at auction for a price of $9.63 million. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 1999 at a price of $12.84 million.  What was his annual rate of return on this sculpture?

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Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. During 2003, Sotheby’s sold the Edgar Degas bronze sculpture Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans at auction for a price of $9.63 million. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 1999 at a price of $12.84 million.
 What was his annual rate of return on this sculpture?

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Time value of money concept says that a dollar invested today will have more value in future due to interest earned in between. But this value may be decreased over the period of time. 

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