Live Stream interview by Martin Willis with a leading world Leonardo da Vinci expert, Martin Kemp on Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at auction ($450 million). This unknown work was purchased by a New York art collector Robert Simon for $10,000 through an auction house somewhere in Louisiana in 2005. The mystery buyer at auction was prince, Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud.
189. Richard Wright & David Rago
Interview with Richard Wright and David Rago about their Rago/Wright merger, how it is expanding business and their perspectives on material they handle, such as buying, selling and collecting in the current market. Check out the websites:
Show Notes and Transcript
A Simple Phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours
An auctioneer’s story, by Martin Willis
Back in early 2001, on a bright sunny day I met an auction goer and former consignor at a bank in Durham, New Hampshire. She said she had something important in her safety deposit box that she wanted me to sell at auction. The bank was a beautiful brick Georgian style building perched above the Oyster River. We went into a private room with frosted glass windows, she opened the box, took out a folded document, and handed it to me. I carefully unfolded it saw it was an official New Hampshire 1865 petition and read the following simple phrase on the side of the document: “April 14, 1865, To Edwin M. Stanton, Hon. Secretary of War, please see and hear Hon. Mr. Rollins, & oblige him if you consistently can. A. LINCOLN” Read more
188. Jim Craig on Carver, John H. Bellamy
Author, Jim Craig joins us for a fascinating interview on the finest American eagle carver of all time, John Haley Bellamy. Check out the Facebook Page.
186. Jim “Griff” Griffith, eBay Today
A delightful conversation with Jim “Griff'” Griffith on eBay today, trends, added enhancements and the changes that social media bring to the platform. Starting with one person in a condo in 1995, growing to a global market of buyers and sellers worldwide with over 1 billion items offered at any given time.
eBay’s Dean of Education, Griff is an eBay seller coach, instructor, mentor and advocate with the eBay North America Marketplaces Team. In addition, he’s the author of The Official eBay Bible, the authoritative eBay guide for the beginning bidder, seller, and professional entrepreneur as well as host of eBay Radio. For more information, join our eBay Radio Group: http://www.ebayradio.com
185. Dr. Anne Laure Bandle
Anne Laure Bandle joins us from Geneva and discusses the fascinating topic of her 2016 book: The Sale of Misattributed Artworks and Antiques at Auction Some amazing cases of sleepers, jackpots and the legality of it all. Dr. Anne Laure Bandle is an attorney-at-law at the lawfim Borel & Barbey in Geneva where she advises clients in matters related to works of art, copyright, contracts, estate planning, foundations and trusts. Anne Laure Bandle website: https://www.artsandlaw.ch/