| Bernet, Otto | ||||||||||
| type | Auction_House Scholar/Critic/Expert | |||||||||
| dates | 1881-1945 | |||||||||
| city | New York City | |||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||
| other cities | Palisade, NJ; Sheffield, MA; Geneva, Switzerland; | |||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||
| history |
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 | 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 |
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| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:30 | |||||||||
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