Sotheby's : bidding for class / Robert Lacey.
Sotheby's : bidding for class / Robert Lacey.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
N381.17065/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 354 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Property of a Lady -- Pt. 1. Founder -Samuel Baker -- Pt. 2. Love Letters and the Vision of Montague Barlow -- Pt. 3. Peter Wilson -- Pt. 4. A. Alfred Taubman -- Epilogue: Royal Effects -- Dates in the History of Sotheby's.
Publication information
Publisher
Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1998.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1998.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Robert Lacey reports from the inside on such recent events as the auction of the personal property of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1996 and Mohamed al-Fayed's sale of the goods of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in February 1998. He traces the history of the long and often bitter rivalry with Sotheby's only significant adversary, Christie's, the "...
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Full title
Sotheby's : bidding for class / Robert Lacey.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Full bibliographic record available from Mason's Book Centre.
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Call Numbers
N381.17065/1
Record Identifier
74VMbgOj2mRb
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbgOj2mRb
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ISBN
0316511390 (alk. paper)
9780316511391
0316511390
9780316511391 (alk. paper)
DDC
381.17065
MMS ID
991000837519702626
