Curse Of The Double Eagle

Curse of the Double EagleAll eyes turn forward as David Redden, Sotheby's vice chairman and top auctioneer, mounts his pulpit. A silver-haired man with large ears and dark eyes, he adjusts his microphone and picks up his gavel. It is July 30, 2002. A congregation of millionaires sits in rows of padded chairs for an auction more than half a century in the making. There are no cheap seats tonight--it's standing room only for the relative unfortunates crowded in the back of the main Sotheby's sales...