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Sotheby’s Quietly Tried to Sell Arne Glimcher’s Pollock for $50 M.—It Didn’t Go as Planned

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June 6, 2026 · 12:50 AM
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Best! Collects Candid Letters from Asian American Art Workers
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Best! Collects Candid Letters from Asian American Art Workers

The sale was conducted with an unusual degree of secrecy. Oliver Barker, Sotheby's chairman for Europe and the auction house's star auctioneer, was flown in from London for the event despite the firm's summer sales season fast approaching there later this month.

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