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Prominent Harvard donor A. Alfred Taubman resigned from his position as chair of Sothebys auction house on Monday amidst a U.S. Justice Department investigation into possible antitrust violations at the world-renowned auction house...
...government is investigating allegations of collusion between Sotheby's and Christie's, a rival auction house, starting in 1997. Three weeks ago, Christie's agreed to cooperate with the government probe and was granted immunity from potential prosecution...
Though a prominent art historian was on the record with his doubts about the painting, Sotheby's did not print his criticism in the auction's catalogue...
Shearman said that the auction house ignored his concerns...
...three-day sit-in at the University of Michigan concluded more peacefully as the administration agreed to join the WRC. Demonstrators occupying a dean's office placed the building for sale on the popular on-line auction site eBay...