The rise to prominence of the big auction houses in an explosive market: the former chairman of Sotheby's UK holds the cards and lays out a wonderful cast of kings, queens and knaves.
A memoir of perhaps the most astonishing art deal of the 20th century, by the late and charismatic art dealer Oliver Hoare ( 1945-2018).
In July 1994, on the tarmac of Vienna airport, a c... read more