The art of the steal : inside the Sotheby's-Christie's auction house scandal
Mason, Christopher, 1960-
The art of the steal : inside the Sotheby's-Christie's auction house scandal Sotheby's-Christie's auction house scandal Christie's auction house scandal / Christopher Mason - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons , c2004. - ix, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Mason, a socialite and social commentator, writes about the scandal from the inside to describe how the clubby auction houses grew into slick international corporations that cheated clients out of millions of dollars. The minutely detailed narrative is based on more than 2,000 interviews Mason conducted with some 300 sources as well as on Christie's and Sotheby's annual reports and thousands of pages of transcripts and other documents from the trial of Sotheby's Chairman Alfred Taubman. Mason's tome carries a three-page list of dramatis personae, four appendices charting commission charges for sellers, and a flattering cover blurb from Dominick Dunne, the dean of the chroniclers of high-society's dark side. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
9780399150937
2004040041
Sotheby's (Firm) . Corrupt practices
Christie's International Group . Corrupt practices
Price fixing
Art---Prices
Auctions---Corrupt practices
364.168 MAS
The art of the steal : inside the Sotheby's-Christie's auction house scandal Sotheby's-Christie's auction house scandal Christie's auction house scandal / Christopher Mason - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons , c2004. - ix, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Mason, a socialite and social commentator, writes about the scandal from the inside to describe how the clubby auction houses grew into slick international corporations that cheated clients out of millions of dollars. The minutely detailed narrative is based on more than 2,000 interviews Mason conducted with some 300 sources as well as on Christie's and Sotheby's annual reports and thousands of pages of transcripts and other documents from the trial of Sotheby's Chairman Alfred Taubman. Mason's tome carries a three-page list of dramatis personae, four appendices charting commission charges for sellers, and a flattering cover blurb from Dominick Dunne, the dean of the chroniclers of high-society's dark side. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
9780399150937
2004040041
Sotheby's (Firm) . Corrupt practices
Christie's International Group . Corrupt practices
Price fixing
Art---Prices
Auctions---Corrupt practices
364.168 MAS
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