The Art of the Steal, (Paperback)

from montano

If this book had been about 100 pages long it would have been fascinating. Maybe someone who works in art or actually at Christie's or Sotheby's would be interested in the intricate detail of annual sales figures and specific deals but it is dry and overwhelming for the casual reader. The meat of...

from JBD1

A richly detailed tick-tock of the (in)famous collusion scheme between Sotheby's and Christie's over auction pricing. I knew vaguely that there had been some sort of scandal about this, but Mason's book fleshes out the story and provides very useful background and context about the players and th...

from pbadeer

I'll admit to having heard tidbits of this "scandal" at the time it happened, but it was so outside my personal interests and circle, I never thought twice about it. But since that time, I have taken more interest in the art/auction world, purely as an outside observer, so this was a fun read. Th...

from pbadeer

I'll admit to having heard tidbits of this "scandal" at the time it happened, but it was so outside my personal interests and circle, I never thought twice about it. But since that time, I have taken more interest in the art/auction world, purely as an outside observer, so this was a fun read. Th...