This illustrated volume aims to give an insight into participation in the world of auction.
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Once you have begun reading Hildesley's book, a mental image appears of a silver-haired chap reclining in a well-aged leather wing chair and occasionally puffing on a pipe, relating his tales of the auction bidding wars. As a lifetime employee and now executive of Sotheby's, Hildesley instructs deftly and expertly, explaining all the ins and outs of this public selling process. First, statistics astound us: for instance, 80 percent of all auctioned objects sell for less than $5,000, and experienced auctioneers can sell two lots a minute. Then we're invited to an insider's view of the process: determination of value and quality, the details of buying and selling at auction, the actual process (including a vocabulary), and other services provided, from lectures and appraisals to on-site sales. What could have been an extraordinarily dry subject is enlivened both by the author's dedication to the business and by personal, candid anecdotes--some droll, some serious. An introduction, with a few commercial asides, to participate in the sport of millionaires that might intrigue even the average John and Jane Doe. Barbara Jacobs
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C. Hugh Hildesley is executive vice president for North and South America at Sotheby's in New York. He is an accomplished auctioneer and lecturer on all aspects of the business.
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From just the start of the book and a small portion, the book seems to be full of great and knowledgable information regarding auctions and how they work and how they are run. I would have never known all the legistics and behind the scenes that went on with an auction house. Now I do. This book is very informative about auctions and what you need to know if you want to BUY or SELL.
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easiest thing in the world (if you can afford it),
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