Sotheby’s hid interest in $10m Hicks says buyer

An American collector has filed two lawsuits against Sotheby's, alleging they concealed a financial interest in and inflated the price for an Edward Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom that he bought in May for almost $10m.

Halsey Minor, a dotcom entrepreneur, filed his case against Sotheby's on September 22 in reply to th…

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