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...It wasn’t a matter of if, but when,” said Michael Plummer, a former Sotheby’s employee and principal at Artvest, which advises on art market investment....
...Michael Plummer, principal of New York art advisory firm ArtVest and a co-director of the Spring Masters fair, said the art industry would withhold judgment on Sotheby’s outlier hire....
...“The rivalry between the two houses is based on a relentless game of brinkmanship, one that to outsiders defies common business logic,” says Mr Plummer....
...“The volume at which people spend significant sums on art online has been, and continues to be, slow,” says Michael Plummer of ArtVest, an art investment consultancy....
...by contrast, has a top new management team and is successfully executing a slick and superior global vision – propelling them into an infinitely better position in the 21st century art world,” says Mr Plummer...
...The lounge has been the scene of some impromptu musical performances, with Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Chevy Chase and Christopher Plummer among those to take to the piano and serenade fellow diners....
...“Sotheby’s stock market performance is misleading given it is fuelled primarily by activist investor interest, and there are few other comparables in the market,” said Michael Plummer, principal at ArtVest...
...He did it by casting “classy” actors such as Christopher Plummer. Critics were still more dismissive of others in his stable....
...Bill Plummer, vice-president of external affairs at Nokia USA, explains that there is a fit between the open source nature of this product and technology bloggers....
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