This volume explores the history of Sotheby's auction house, tracing its beginnings back to 1744. It was in the latter half of the 19th century, when economic instability forced the aristocrats to sell off many of their treasures, that Sotheby's began to lay the foundations of the modern art market. The Sotheby's-Christie's rivalry intensified in the early-1900s and they have been battling it out ever since over the likes of Cezanne, Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet. Lacey takes the reader through the unprecedented boom of the 1980s, when Van Gogh's Irises went for $53.9 million, and examines the catastrophic effects of an inflation still being felt today.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13
9780751523621
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89027193
Product Key Features
Author
Robert Lacey
Publication Name
Sotheby's: Bidding for Class
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
202mm
Item Width
126mm
Item Weight
440g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Lacey
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Condition
Good. A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all item conditions
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.