06/06/2026
The sale was conducted with an unusual degree of secrecy. Oliver Barker, Sotheby's chairman for Europe and the auction house's star auctioneer, was flown in from London for the event despite the firm's summer sales season fast approaching there later this month.
Sotheby's reportedly organized a secret private auction for Arne Glimcher's Jackson Po***ck Number 19, 1951. Sources say the sale never happened.