The Scum That Floats on the Top of the Art World. Ex-Chief of Sotheby's Sentenced to Probation for Price-Fixing. Diana D. Brooks, the former chief executive of Sotheby's, was sentenced today by a federal judge in Manhattan to three years probation for her role in conducting a price-fixing scheme with the rival auction house Christie's. By Sherri Day. [
New York Times: Arts]