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  • July 2009 (Revised March 2010)
  • Case

Sotheby's & Christie's Inc.

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Catherine Jane Wise
The fine art auction business has remained a duopoly over its 250 year history. The industry is dominated by Sotheby's and Christie's Inc. Curiously, neither competitor has been able to overtake the other by a notable margin despite the clear network effects of this... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Business Model; Restructuring; Economics; Auctions; Market Entry and Exit; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Operations; Competition
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  • October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
  • Supplement

DLA Piper and Christie's International (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova
Nigel Knowles, joint CEO and Managing Partner of international law firm DLA Piper, responds to Christie's complaint that the relationship between the two organizations has major shortcomings and needs to be improved or will otherwise be terminated. A number of actions... View Details
Keywords: Law; Leadership Style; Organizations; Relationships; Trust; Attorney and Client Relationships; Legal Services Industry
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  • March 2010
  • Teaching Note

Sotheby's & Christie's Inc. (TN)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Catherine Jane Wise
Teaching Note for [710412]. View Details
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  • October 2010
  • Case

DLA Piper and Christie's International (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova
International law firm DLA Piper is selected as major legal services provider of renowned art business Christie's International. Nine months after the start of relationship, the client calls Nigel Knowles, DLA Piper joint CEO and Managing Partner, with a litany of... View Details
Keywords: Attorney and Client Relationships; Law; Practice; Reputation; Ethics; Risk and Uncertainty; Legal Services Industry
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  • January 2018 (Revised October 2019)
  • Case

Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand

By: Jill Avery
A 16th century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by many to have been destroyed and then rediscovered less than a decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo da... View Details
Keywords: Brands; Brand Valuation; Art Collector; Arts Marketing; Auction House; Auctions; Luxury Brand; Luxury Consumers; Luxury Goods; Marketing; Valuation; Marketing Strategy; Arts; Luxury; Value; Brands and Branding; Fine Arts Industry; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe; United States; United Arab Emirates
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  • April 2022
  • Teaching Note

Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand

By: Jill Avery
A sixteenth century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by many to have been destroyed, and then rediscovered less than a decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Valuation; Art; Art Dealer; Auction House; Brand Storytelling; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Fine Arts Industry; United States; Italy
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  • 26 Feb 2011
  • News

Gov. Christie's Illinois trip, N.J.'s prosperity are discussed at GOP governors convention

  • January 2002
  • Case

Price-Fixing Vignettes

By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
This case escribes the antitrust prosecutions in the United States and abroad of the international bulk vitamins cartel. Both the civil and criminal fines were historically high, and it was the first time the United States prosecuted foreign nationals for U.S. criminal... View Details
Keywords: Price; Lawsuits and Litigation; Governance Compliance; Auctions; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Globalized Markets and Industries; Retail Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • December 2013 (Revised January 2015)
  • Case

Barbara Krakow Gallery

By: Jose Alvarez and Nyssa Liebermann
The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary art gallery located in Boston. It utilizes a very rare "no haggle pricing" strategy and extended sales cycle when selling pieces to collectors. Though it remains profitable and very respected, the size and scope... View Details
Keywords: Barbara Krakow Gallery; Art Gallery; Art Market; Art World; Artist; Auction House; Primary Art Market; Secondary Art Market; Exhibition; Contemporary Art; Art Collector; Art Dealer; Art Fair; No Haggle Pricing; Extended Sales Cycle; Christie's; Sotheby's; Online Art Seller; Barbara Krakow; Andrew Witkin; Catalogue Raisonne; Arts; Small Business; Business Model; Transition; Customer Relationship Management; Fine Arts Industry; Boston
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  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

the effective allocation of work.   Cases & Course MaterialsSotheby's & Christie's Inc. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and C.J. WiseHarvard Business School Case 710-412 The fine art auction business has remained a duopoly over its 250... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2007 (Revised February 2010)
  • Case

Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success

By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani
Saffronart, a five-year-old online art auction company, leads the market for modern Indian art and now faces competitors in the market it created. Established in 2000 by the wife-and-husband team of Minal and Dinesh Vazirani, Saffronart.com is an innovative online... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Auctions; Industry Growth; Competition; Online Technology; Fine Arts Industry; India
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  • 21 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54774 Harvard Business School Case 518-066 Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand A 16th century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Oct 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

forth five times among the contractors to get the best possible price? Or does each contractor get just one chance to put a best offer on the table? In a typical auction, like what you might see at Christie's or Sotheby's, the rules are... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 02 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

Sotheby's, but the establishment of Saffronart in 2000 changed the discourse in the market space by incorporating ideas from the academic discourse into their auction texts. Because Saffronart focused on auctions of only modern Indian art (unlike the larger,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

founders faced new internal and external pressures; particularly worrisome was the entry of auction giants Christie's and Sotheby's into the market. The Vaziranis' main challenge now is to consolidate their leading position in the market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace