Sotheby's: Bidding for Class

Stimulating and entertaining, Sotheby s brings to life the personalities and shrewd business sense operating behind the glitz and glamour of the world s 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 Sotheby s responds to a much greater need than that of connoisseurs buying works of art the bidding for class.