Michael Broadbent, oenophile who brought wine auctions back to Christie’s and became a leading figure in the industry – obituary https://t.co/2FxbZx7W31
— Telegraph Obituaries (@telegraphobits) March 27, 2020
from the obituary:
… Random House agreed to settle a defamation suit brought by Broadbent over the publication of The Billionaire’s Vinegar, Benjamin Wallace’s account of the Jefferson wine affair. The publishers apologised for several passages in the book, issued a statement accepting that they were not true, paid an undisclosed amount of damages to Broadbent and agreed not to distribute the book in the United Kingdom.Koch too late in filing court action against Christie’s (!nyt) / archived
The following year Koch sued Christie’s on the grounds that it had auctioned off, and thus vouchsafed for, the credentials … The case was dismissed in 2011 after a judge ruled that Koch was too late in filing his court action.
The scandal over the Jefferson wines was an embarrassment, but no one who knew Broadbent believed he had acted in anything other than good faith.
archived
Benjamin Wallace: The Billionaire’s Vinegar (!a)
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