Archives for March 2009

The scene at Christie's Saint Laurent/Bergé auction at the Grand Palais, ParisAs if coping with a severe art-market slump weren't difficult enough, Christie's, basking in the afterglow of its recession-defying Saint Laurent/Bergé sales, now has to contend with the brazen guerilla sabotage of the bidding for two of the sales' star lots. A previously reliable megabucks Chinese … [Read more...] about Guerilla Bidding War: Christie’s Ambushed by Bogus Chinese-Bronze Bids UPDATED