A. Alfred Taubman, principal owner of Sotheby's, was convicted of conspiring with rival Christie's to fix fees charged to auction house sellers.<br> <span class="comment">Those Sotheby's bastards! Fixing prices between themselves and competitors! That never happens on Broadway! When one theatre owner raises their prices, or adds a fee, the others just don't immediately follow suit...</span>
SOURCE: The New York Times at 12:00AM on December 6, 2001