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Alfred Taubman is a U.S. Businessman and former director of media firm [[Hollinger International]], he was also formerly the principal owner and chairman of [[Sotheby's]] where, in 2002, he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $7.5 million for leading a six-year price-fixing scheme with its rival [[Christie's]] that swindled auction house customers out of more than $100 million<ref>Carol Vogel and Ralph Blumenthal, [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/23/nyregion/ex-chairman-of-sotheby-s-gets-jail-time.html?scp=3&sq=alfred%20taubman&st=cse Ex-Chairman Of Sotheby's Gets Jail Time], ''New York Times'', 23-April-2002, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>
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'''Alfred Taubman''' is a U.S. businessman and former director of media firm [[Hollinger International]]. He was formerly the principal owner and chairman of [[Sotheby's]], where, in 2002, he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $7.5 million for leading a six-year price-fixing scheme with its rival [[Christie's]] that swindled auction house customers out of more than $100 million.<ref>Carol Vogel and Ralph Blumenthal, [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/23/nyregion/ex-chairman-of-sotheby-s-gets-jail-time.html?scp=3&sq=alfred%20taubman&st=cse Ex-Chairman Of Sotheby's Gets Jail Time], ''New York Times'', 23-April-2002, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
 
[[Sotheby's]] | [[Hollinger International]]
 
[[Sotheby's]] | [[Hollinger International]]
 
==Resources==
 
 
Neocon Europe [http://www.neoconeurope.eu/Alfred_Taubman Alfred Taubman]
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 10:39, 14 June 2010

Alfred Taubman is a U.S. businessman and former director of media firm Hollinger International. He was formerly the principal owner and chairman of Sotheby's, where, in 2002, he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $7.5 million for leading a six-year price-fixing scheme with its rival Christie's that swindled auction house customers out of more than $100 million.[1]

Affiliations

Sotheby's | Hollinger International

Notes

  1. Carol Vogel and Ralph Blumenthal, Ex-Chairman Of Sotheby's Gets Jail Time, New York Times, 23-April-2002, Accessed 26-May-2009