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Zola was a famous collector, and his son believes that his dad had really good taste. And so what that has created is a scenario where, you know, they're pretty sure what the work is worth, and they're not known to budge on that, right? So I don't think Sotheby's had a lot of options. The bust would hit the auction block without a guarantor. To go up naked is what we say in auction parlance.

Zola was a famous collector, and his son believes that his dad had really good taste. And so what that has created is a scenario where, you know, they're pretty sure what the work is worth, and they're not known to budge on that, right? So I don't think Sotheby's had a lot of options. The bust would hit the auction block without a guarantor. To go up naked is what we say in auction parlance.

Zola was a famous collector, and his son believes that his dad had really good taste. And so what that has created is a scenario where, you know, they're pretty sure what the work is worth, and they're not known to budge on that, right? So I don't think Sotheby's had a lot of options. The bust would hit the auction block without a guarantor. To go up naked is what we say in auction parlance.

It's very rare for a work, I think, at this price anymore to come to market naked, which, to be honest, was really refreshing for someone like me who likes to sort of see, like, you know. Because it's a true test. Yeah, it's a true test of sort of how the market is and where the price, you know, should be and could be.

It's very rare for a work, I think, at this price anymore to come to market naked, which, to be honest, was really refreshing for someone like me who likes to sort of see, like, you know. Because it's a true test. Yeah, it's a true test of sort of how the market is and where the price, you know, should be and could be.

It's very rare for a work, I think, at this price anymore to come to market naked, which, to be honest, was really refreshing for someone like me who likes to sort of see, like, you know. Because it's a true test. Yeah, it's a true test of sort of how the market is and where the price, you know, should be and could be.

Now, for a minute, that seems like a good deal because the folks who knew Giacometti knew that other pieces of his, you know, had sold for far more, like over $100 million. He doesn't have a bidder yet.

Now, for a minute, that seems like a good deal because the folks who knew Giacometti knew that other pieces of his, you know, had sold for far more, like over $100 million. He doesn't have a bidder yet.

Now, for a minute, that seems like a good deal because the folks who knew Giacometti knew that other pieces of his, you know, had sold for far more, like over $100 million. He doesn't have a bidder yet.

He finally comes up to about $64 million, and then the room just hushes. Like, people who had brought out their cell phones at first, just to sort of catalog the thing, just like I was doing, they start, like, putting their phones down, which is never a good sign. And people start looking around at each other. Like, it gets, like... Awkward? Silent.

He finally comes up to about $64 million, and then the room just hushes. Like, people who had brought out their cell phones at first, just to sort of catalog the thing, just like I was doing, they start, like, putting their phones down, which is never a good sign. And people start looking around at each other. Like, it gets, like... Awkward? Silent.

He finally comes up to about $64 million, and then the room just hushes. Like, people who had brought out their cell phones at first, just to sort of catalog the thing, just like I was doing, they start, like, putting their phones down, which is never a good sign. And people start looking around at each other. Like, it gets, like... Awkward? Silent.

The room has gotten very quiet.

The room has gotten very quiet.

The room has gotten very quiet.

He's sort of stalling it at 64.2.

He's sort of stalling it at 64.2.

He's sort of stalling it at 64.2.

He just needs one bed.

He just needs one bed.