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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> | + | '''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> |
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Revision as of 13:56, 26 May 2009
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
Resources
Neocon Europe Alfred Taubman
Notes
- ↑ Carol Vogel and Ralph Blumenthal, Ex-Chairman Of Sotheby's Gets Jail Time, New York Times, 23-April-2002, Accessed 26-May-2009
