Gerry and the pricemakers
Description
Sotheby's, the world's most famous auction house, granted the BBC full and exclusive access to its New Bond Street headquarters. Enter the backstage world of art and money, of antiques and ephemera, as collectors, dealers and fanatics vie for anything from teddy bears to old masters, and watch one of England's great country houses being dismantled and sold.
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29 min
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Date of Publication
2013
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Alexander Street
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