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Sotheby’s Quietly Tried to Sell Arne Glimcher’s Pollock for $50 M.—It Didn’t Go as Planned
The sale was conducted with an unusual degree of secrecy. Oliver Barker, Sotheby's chairman for Europe and the auction house's star auctioneer, was flown in from London for the event despite the firm's summer sales season fast approaching there later this month.
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According to ARTnews’s source item, Sotheby’s Quietly Tried to Sell Arne Glimcher’s Pollock for $50 M.—It Didn’t Go as Planned, The sale was conducted with an unusual degree of secrecy. Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s chairman for Europe and the auction house’s star auctioneer, was flown in from London for the event despite the firm’s summer sales season fast approaching there later this month.
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- Sotheby’s Quietly Tried to Sell Arne Glimcher’s Pollock for $50 M.—It Didn’t Go as PlannedARTnews - 2026-06-06T00:50:49+00:00
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