Bernet, Otto |
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Auction_House Scholar/Critic/Expert |
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dates
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1881-1945 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY |
| other cities | Palisade, NJ; Sheffield, MA; Geneva, Switzerland; |
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sex
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historical notes
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Otto Bernet began his auction house career as a stock boy with the American Art Association. In 1908 he was asked to stand in for Thomas Kirby for the Cheney sale which launched his career as an auctioneer.
From this point on he regularly conducted auctions for the American Art Association and in 1923 when Thomas Kirby sold the company to Anderson Galleries he was made vice president and director of the new corporation.
Bernet and Parke resigned form Anderson Galleries in 1937 to forge their own corporation, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1939. Parke-Bernet became America’s largest auction house and in 1964 was purchased by Sotheby’s.
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decades
of activity | 1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
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