Learnchair Radio Leadership Podcast

Are you interested in Art and Antiques?  LearnChair Radio host Bob Dragone interviews John Hays, Deputy Chairman at Christie’s and a leading expert on American furniture and painting.  John describes how starting as an unpaid assistant at Christie’s seven years later he ran the company’s furniture and decorative arts division.  In the discussion with Bob, John explains how collectors can take risks in collecting unknown artists or concentrate on traditional areas such as American furniture.  He state that such furniture is currently undervalued and pieces of Queen Anne or Chippendale may rise in price in the future.  John notes that in choosing what pieces to collect, it’s all about the details.  Thousands of dollars may separate one piece from another of the same era depending on how elaborate the details involved.  John shares his thoughts on how an auctioneer, of which he is prominent at Christie’s, is like the conductor of an orchestra.  The auctioneer assembles the collection at hand into an event that o