Archive for October, 2008
Antiques Dealers and Deceiving the Public
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008It doesn’t take much for the public to mistrust antiques dealers. We see it in New York Times articles like Christopher Mason’s scathing account of the Hobbs brothers family feud over the veracity of what they were selling or walking the Haughton International Art & Antiques Show and rarely finding a dealer who openly disclose [...]
Sotheby’s & Christie’s Need Investment Bank Controls
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the last 2 investment banks standing from the financial collapse of 2008 were summarily reorganized into regulated commercial banks by the government, in order for them to survive. In the art and antiques industry, the Sotheby’s/Christie’s duopoly still operate in an unregulated, dangerous, and reckless manner. Just like investment banks [...]