Sotheby's Holdings Inc., the world's largest art auctioneer, said today that its worldwide sales reached a record $2.93 billion this year.

The property was later sold by Christie's, the art auctioneers.

He married his wife, Viveca, a former actress who's now an art auctioneer, after a long friendship and they have a son, with another baby on the way.

Christies International, one of the world's leading art auctioneers, yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000.

Trust and estate lawyers, like most morticians and fine art auctioneers, tended to be "professional nice guys" whose short-term goal was to become your friend.

After the war, Buchheim worked as an artist, art collector, gallery owner, art auctioneer and art publisher.

When people think of Christie's they will think fine art auctioneers.

There is also an art collection, currently being valued by art auctioneers Christie's, with a reported value of between £450,000 and £1.5m.

Simon, a fine art auctioneer, becomes involved in the theft of a painting from his own auction house.

Simon de Pury is a Swiss art auctioneer and collector.