- Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Problem 5-14 Calculating Rates of Return [LO3] Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. During 2003, an auction house sold a sculpture at auction for a price of $10,301,500. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 2000 at a price of $12,357,500. What was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Annual rate of return