Tag: Art News

  • Auction Houses go online

    Auction Houses go online

    This article was first published April 2, 2000 in the Sunday Business Post. Auction Houses go Online They said it couldn’t last. For months the analysts have been painting the walls with a dark thick impasto. The message was there for all to see – internet stocks were simply selling way above their value. As…

  • Auction houses to pay for collusion

    Auction houses to pay for collusion

    This article was first published in the Sunday Business Post, October 1st 2000 News was emerging last week of a possible denouement to the long running price fixing dispute between the two leviathans of the fine art auctioneering  world, Sotheby’s and Christie’s It now appears that both firms will be paying out over $500 million…