Veteran Old Master dealer Otto Naumann is set to make the less-seen move from dealer (albeit briefly retired) to auction house, when he joins Sotheby's as SVP and Client Development Director March. Naumann sold most of his inventory at Sotherby's New York in January, but was back exhibiting at Tefaf Maastricht with his son Ambrose in this summer. George Wachter, Chairman of Sotheby's America, said the firm "has a history of hiring "elder statesmen who then go on to work for us for many years"".
Veteran Old Master dealer Otto Naumann is set to make the less-seen move from dealer (albeit briefly retired) to auction house, when he joins Sotheby's as SVP and Client Development Director this summer. Naumann sold most of his inventory at Sotherby's New York in January, but was back exhibiting at Tefaf Maastricht with his son Ambrose in March. George Wachter, Chairman of Sotheby's America, said the firm "has a history of hiring "elder statesmen who then go on to work for us for many years"".