Peter Wilson

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Peter Wilson

British art dealer

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The internationalization of the European auction houses
In 1956 Peter Wilson of Sotheby’s challenged the status quo by offering a guarantee of sale to the vendor of Nicolas Poussin’s Adoration of the Magi. Soon thereafter he employed advertising firm J. Walter Thompson to promote the 1957 auction of Wilhelm Weinberg’s collection of van Goghs…
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In 1956 Peter Wilson of Sotheby’s challenged the status quo by offering a guarantee of sale to the vendor of Nicolas Poussin’s Adoration of the Magi. Soon thereafter he employed advertising firm J. Walter Thompson to promote the 1957 auction of Wilhelm Weinberg’s collection of van Goghs…
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