Synopses & Reviews
Stimulating and entertaining, Sothebys brings to life the personalities and shrewd business sense operating behind the glitz and glamour of the worlds oldest and richest auction house. Reporting from within on famous sales of the recent past, and charting the impact of a succession of clever and colorful entrepreneurs who have known how to sniff out the deals of the moment, Robert Lacey brilliantly reveals how Sothebys responds to a much greater need than that of connoisseurs buying works of artthe bidding for class.