Sotheby Client List Goes Legal

Sotheby's is a magazine publisher alleging that he obtained a confidential list containing the names of 21,000 clients without its permission and then sold the information to Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers, based in Dallas, Texas. A writ lodged by Sotheby's in a New York court seeks an injunction restraining Wright and his magazine from using the list and demands the return of the data as well as compensation. "Sotheby's goes to great lengths to protect the secrecy of its client lists," it says. The Texas saleroom purchased the data innocently and allegedly paid "a substantial sum of money" to use it for a year. For the full story - click the title Irish Art