What the great role swap at the top means for Sotheby’s and Christie’s

COMMENT: One is a marketing expert from outside the industry with a background in the media, luxury and entertainment sectors, the other is a career auction house professional with decades of service at the same company under his belt.

This is how the bosses at, respectively, Christie's and Sotheby's could be described in late 2011.

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