Anti-trust: Tennant, Taubman accused
The former chairmen of Christie’s and Sotheby’s last week were charged with a criminal conspiracy to fix the rates of commissions worth “at least $400 million”, in a dramatic twist to a four year US Government investigation into the two auction houses.
Sir Anthony Tennant, chairman of Christie’s from 1993-1996 and Alfred Taubman, the major shareholder…