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7 January 2017

Episode 57

30 minutes

The record price achieved at the sale of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ made world headlines but what of the man who sold the painting? Lord Hindlip presided over that sale and many more of huge importance by one of the leading auction houses, Christie’s. He’s now written a highly personal and entertaining account of life at the firm: ‘An Auctioneer's Lot: Triumphs and Disasters at Christie's’.

7 January 2017

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