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May 13, 2021
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The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really
going on in the art market.
While Sotheby’s won this auction season’s largest collection Texas rancher Anne Marion’s $150 million trove rival Christie’s had to put together its sales more or less lot by lot.
It was difficult. Christie’s had to reel in sellers with aggressive guarantees. One of the its biggest fish was private equity executive Thompson Dean.