Phillips de Pury sells a collection of well-known swindler Marc Dryer
Auction to be held on November 21
Auction house Phillips de Pury is going to arrange the sale of the corporate collection of American law firm Dreier LLP, whose owner, Mark Dreyer (Mark Dreier), now serving a 20-year sentence for fraud. Phillips is not the first time put up for auction the collection of works bought by dirty money »: in May, the company managed to gain $ 24 million for the treasures of the "most malicious tax evaders in California," Halsey Minor (Halsey Minor) .
«Dreyer auction is scheduled for November 21. Organizers, however, must still be approved by the court. The hearing will be held September 30 - shortly after the big trades Christie's and Sotheby's , which will work from the collection of failed bank Lehman Brothers.
Dreyer, known as a regular picture Larry Gagosian (Larry Gagosian), could spend on art for more than 10 million dollars a year. Phillips promised to put the work in 1981, including works by Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst), Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse), Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns), Ellsworth Kelly (Ellsworth Kelly) and Willem de Kooning (Willem de Kooning), as well as photos of family Dreyer and actress Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Hepburn), stars in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's».
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