The Auctioneer: Adventures In The Art Trade
by William Stadiem /
2016 / English / EPUB
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Just as William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, took us inside
Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will take us
inside an even more secretive business, whose staggering prices,
famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every
day. The former Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, the former owner of
Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury, and currently a London-based
dealer and advisor to great collectors around the world, Simon has
one of the highest profiles of any non-artist in the art world.
Even though he has an ancient title and the aura of an elegant
Swiss banker, Simon is famous as an iconoclast and is known as "The
Mick Jagger of Auctions" for his showmanship and exuberance. His
whole life in art has been devoted to bringing art to the public
and to the juxtaposition of high and low. Movie stars, musicians,
and athletes compete with hedge funders and billionaires for the
great art, and Simon is their pied piper; he wants to turn the
world onto art and this book will be his message.
Just as William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, took us inside
Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will take us
inside an even more secretive business, whose staggering prices,
famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every
day. The former Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, the former owner of
Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury, and currently a London-based
dealer and advisor to great collectors around the world, Simon has
one of the highest profiles of any non-artist in the art world.
Even though he has an ancient title and the aura of an elegant
Swiss banker, Simon is famous as an iconoclast and is known as "The
Mick Jagger of Auctions" for his showmanship and exuberance. His
whole life in art has been devoted to bringing art to the public
and to the juxtaposition of high and low. Movie stars, musicians,
and athletes compete with hedge funders and billionaires for the
great art, and Simon is their pied piper; he wants to turn the
world onto art and this book will be his message.