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The auctioneer : a memoir of great art, legendary collectors and record-breaking auctions /
- Title
- The auctioneer : a memoir of great art, legendary collectors and record-breaking auctions / Simon de Pury and William Stadiem.
- Author
- De Pury, Simon,
- Publication
- Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 2016.
- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
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- Additional Authors
- Stadiem, William,
- Description
- viii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
- Summary
- Simon de Pury is the art world's ultimate insider. His roles have included curator of the world-famous Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, and founder and owner of Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury. His exuberant style, showmanship and iconoclasm in a highly conservative profession saw him described as 'the Mick Jagger of auctions'. His memoir of a life lived within the world's greatest collections and auction houses is a truly eye-opening insight into the highest reaches of art, where movie stars, musicians and athletes compete with hedge funders and billionaires to fuel record-breaking prices. Throughout this compelling and revealing journey into a world discretely hidden to all but a few insiders, Simon's passion for art in all its forms, and his extraordinary depth of knowledge shine through.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Contents
- My Nude Portrait -- Going Contempo -- Artopolis -- L'Artiste -- The Apprentice -- London Calling -- My Role Model -- The Auction House Wars -- Simon de Monaco -- Our Man in Geneva -- A Royal Courtship -- Me and the Baron -- The Merry Wives of Heini; or, The Making of a Collector -- Foreign Industries -- If I Had a Hammer -- Teams of Rivals -- The Women -- My Oligarchs -- Courting Medicis -- The Cutting Edge.
- ISBN
- 9781760112318
- 1760112313
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library