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With Guarantees Galore, Christie’s Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week
Posted inArt Auctions Christie's Mondrian, Piet Riggio, Leonard

With Guarantees Galore, Christie’s Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week

There was little excited bidding on the art collection of the Riggio family, who built their fortune on the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain — a caution flag for the art market.
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Posted by By Zachary Small and Tim F. Schneider
Leonard Riggio, 83, Dies; Founded Barnes & Noble and Upended Publishing
Posted inAmazon.com Inc Book Trade and Publishing Books and Literature Deaths (Obituaries) Manhattan (NYC) Riggio, Leonard

Leonard Riggio, 83, Dies; Founded Barnes & Noble and Upended Publishing

He turned a college book store into a publishing behemoth, pioneering the bookstore-as-superstore and putting thousands of independents out of business before being overtaken by Amazon.
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Posted by By Penelope Green

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