Former Sotheby's chairman explores change in ownership of auction house

AP Worldstream;  June 4, 2002 ;     387 words ......former chairman of Sotheby's Holdings Inc...cooperation with the auction house to explore the...Sovern, chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, the parent company of Sotheby's worldwide auction house, in a statement. Sotheby's is now poised...rival Christie's auction ...

Bid for the top; Auction houses; Phillips, the rising auction...

The Economist (US);  March 3, 2001 ;     686 words ......the courts imposed on Sotheby's. But there are more...money, although some of Sotheby's directors have resigned...Internet has added to Sotheby's woes. The auction house planned to spend $25m...months to September 2000, Sotheby's reported losses even...Phillips. He has bought out ...

Sotheby's Illicit India Artifacts: Reporter exposes auction house

Hinduism Today;  June 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Today 06-30-1997 Sotheby's Illicit India...Reporter exposes auction house antics TELEVISION...Kollewijn of the Sotheby's auction house casually advised...The international auction house Sotheby's has an unparalleled...

Upstart Auction House Makes Headway

AP Online;  March 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ......03-10-2001 Upstart Auction House Makes Headway NEW...on the board of Sotheby's, but when it...with some former Sotheby's employees, Phillips...under way for the auction house's new headquarters...move this year, Sotheby's counters that...relation to the auction ...

Behind the curtains of Sotheby's auction house

The Boston Globe;  July 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ...SOTHEBY'S Bidding for Class...safe in calling Sotheby's the world's most famous auction house. Robert Lacey's...entertaining new book, "Sotheby's -- Bidding for...what's under the auction house's gloss of refinement...under the name of Sotheby in 1778" would...great Titian ...

Sotheby's Admits Price-Fixing; Art Auction House, Ex-CEO Plead Guilty to...

The Washington Post;  October 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Sotheby's auction house admitted yesterday...million fine. Former Sotheby's president and...60 percent of the auction house's stock. In her...of a superior at Sotheby's Holding (Inc...prized possessions at auction," he said. "We're...both Christie's and Sotheby's, ...

Arnault's Auction Bid : Scandal at Sotheby's may give him his big...

Newsweek International;  January 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......ambitious British auction house, he can't help...muddied the names of Sotheby's and Christie...Tajan, a Paris auction house with a Europewide...prosecution of Sotheby's, was obvious...More important, an auction house adds luster to...may try to buy Sotheby's, ...

Sotheby's Auction House Closes Chicago Office.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 15, 2001 ;     630 words ......15--In Chicago, Sotheby's auctions are...based fine-art auction house disclosed late...effective Nov. 1. Sotheby's has had an office...prominent Chicago auction house known as Leslie...Auctioneers. At the time Sotheby's bought out founder...the only regional auction the ...

Old master painting goes missing from London auction house

AP Worldstream;  January 25, 2006 ;     165 words ......US$895,000 or euro728,000) has gone missing from Sotheby's auction house in London, officials said Wednesday. The painting...I cannot remember anything like this happening at Sotheby's before and we are doing everything we can to establish...

Up-for-sale auction house faces rough ride

Scotland on Sunday;  June 9, 2002 ;     388 words ......257-year-old auction house Sotheby's may come with...reputation in tatters, Sotheby's survival is...online internet auction house eBay and Rod...Australian head of auction house Deutscher-Menzies...Stock Exchange. Sotheby's lost $23m in...

Judge OKs Deal in Auction House Case

AP Online;  February 22, 2001 ;     466 words ......OKs Deal in Auction House Case NEW YORK...customers of Sotheby's and Christie...equally by each auction house. He concluded...noted that Sotheby's and former...Christie's auction house from 1993 to 2000. Sotheby's will pay...

Here Comes Phillips.(Phillips Auctioneers auction house)

Town & Country;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......look, the auction house stands ready to challenge Sotheby's and Christie...find that the auction house had two formidable...chairman of Sotheby's Europe and...the size of Sotheby's. Clearly...different kind of auction house, says de Pury...

Amazon.com, Sotheby's Auction House Team Up to Offer Upscale Items.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 19, 1999 ;     553 words ......home. The venerable 255-year-old auction house Sotheby's has formed a clever partnership...discount from offline retailers. Sotheby's dwells in a different world...vintage American quilts. But Sotheby's doesn't deal in bargains. The...

Sotheby's ends efforts to sell auction house

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 24, 2003 ;     102 words ...Sotheby's ends efforts to sell auction house From New York Times...February 24, 2003 Sotheby's Holdings Inc. and...and scandal- plagued auction house. Sotheby's said the sale of...long-term financing. Sotheby's planned to use the...

Auction house learns celebrity has its limits

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 14, 2002 ;     464 words ...Auction house learns celebrity has its...the famous and infamous. Sotheby's has staged several personality-driv...auction. Cheered by what one Sotheby's official called the "near...collected or used. What Sotheby's got for its "By Design...