Breakfast at Sotheby's is a wry, intimate, truly revealing
exploration of how art acquires its financial value, from Philip
Hook, a senior director at Sotheby's 'Reading it is like
participating in a hugely enjoyable personal tutorial given by a
cultured, witty, clear-eyed, world teacher with a fully functioning
sense of humour. A real delight' - Spectator 'Hook's view of the
art world is that of the professional auctioneer. In an A-Z format,
it is an entire art education contained in under 350 pages. Wry,
dry and completely beguiling' - William Boyd, Guardian, Books of
the Year 'How to nail the mad, bad, crazy contemporary art world in
print? Sotheby's senior director Hook draws on 35 years' experience
in this informal memoir. He unravels, with humour, piquancy and
erudition, what drives the economics of taste' - Financial Times,
Books of the Year 'It's very hard to write an amusing book about
art that has some serious things to say. But Philip Hook has done
it' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year 'An auctioneer's alphabet of
quirky reflections and off-beat lists such as 'middle-brow artists'
and 'fictional artists': an ideal volume for the art-lover's
bedside' - Martin Gayford, Spectator, Books of the Year 'His
delightful Breakfast at Sotheby's is a house sale of a book, a
chance for him to clear out 35 years of memories as an art dealer
and auctioneer, first at Christie's and then Sotheby's, a rival
auction house' - Economist Philip Hook is a director and senior
paintings specialist at Sotheby's. He has worked in the art world
for thirty-five years during which time he has also been a director
of Christie's and an international art dealer. He is the author of
five novels and two works of art history, including The Ultimate
Trophy, a history of the Impressionist Painting. Hook has appeared
regularly on television, from 1978-2003 on the BBC's Antiques
Roadshow.
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