The auctioneer
Subtitle: a memoir of great art, legendary collectors and record-breaking auctions
By: Simon de Pury and William Stadiem
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781760112318
Subjects: Auctioneers; Biography; Art; Economic aspects; History; Biography & True Stories
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: My Nude Portrait; title: Going Contempo; title: Artopolis; title: L'Artiste; title: The Apprentice; title: London Calling; title: My Role Model; title: The Auction House Wars; title: Simon de Monaco; title: Our Man in Geneva; title: A Royal Courtship; title: Me and the Baron; title: The Merry Wives of Heini; or, The Making of a Collector; title: Foreign Industries; title: If I Had a Hammer; title: Teams of Rivals; title: The Women; title: My Oligarchs; title: Courting Medicis; title: The Cutting Edge.