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Just like William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, got us inside Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will need us in a even more secretive business, whose staggering prices, famous collectors, and high crimes are front-page reports nearly every day. The previous chairman of Sotheby's European countries, the previous owner of Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury, and presently a London-based seller and consultant to great collectors around the world, Simon has one of the highest profiles of any nonartist in the artwork world. Despite the fact that he has an ancient subject and the aura of an elegant Swiss banker, Simon is famous as an iconoclast and is recognized as "The Mick Jagger of Auctions" for his showmanship and exuberance. His very existence in artwork has been specialized in bringing artwork to the public and the juxtaposition of high and low. Movie stars, musicians, and athletes compete with hedge funders and billionaires for the fantastic artwork, and Simon is their pied piper; he needs to turn the planet to art, which publication will be his message.
