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.
Runtime
29 min
Series
Subjects
Contributor
Genre
Date of Publication
2013
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Freedom project. People for sale
Buzz Aldrin's $20k underwear. The millions in space
Sunday morning. Gangster auction. Crime pays?
Safe under the bed
A great big story. The ivy league of auctioneering
Sunday morning. Conor Knighton. Opinion
60 minutes. For what it's worth. Andy Rooney
How you can buy a Warhol painting from your couch
Frahm. Scream to be most expensive piece auctioned
Dede's back in town
Christie's sale smashes records for 12 artists
'Blue chip' works for your art portfolio
Democratizing the fundraising process
Old masters to be sold at Christie's New York