A Nose for Trouble: Sotheby's, Lehman Brothers, and My Life of Redefining Adversity by Michael Ainslie & Richard Evans

Author:Michael Ainslie & Richard Evans [Ainslie, Michael & Evans, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Business
ISBN: 9781626346727
Google: ulTDDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Published: 2020-01-06T23:00:00+00:00

The weakness in our plan was the absence of leverage over Taubman. Nonetheless, I went to him and made the offer. He was initially surprised but agreed to consider it and did so for a few days. Given how much he loved the spotlight Sotheby’s provided him, he came back and said that he would not sell. It was then I told him I would be leaving shortly when my contract was completed.

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NOTHING HAD A LONGER-TERM impact in all manner of ways than a decision I took regarding Dede Brooks. She had arrived at Sotheby’s—when it was still known as Sotheby Parke-Bernet—from Citibank after graduating from Yale. She was tall, with a mane of blonde hair, and turned heads wherever she went, not only because of her looks but also because of the friendly and forceful way in which she presented herself. Dede would never go unnoticed. She was willful and wonderful and, if I had only known it at the time, ultimately dangerous.

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