THE IVORY HAMMER

Fleming's short story, commissioned especially for this book, is only one of a number of text pieces which alternate with insets of illustrations of "The Year Sotheby's" 1962-1963. A great number of beautiful pictures and priceless objets start, large and small, were auctioned off here and, now gone, it is interesting to see the prices for which they went. Some of the more famous works of art are given an extensive pedigree through the text. Collectors, a growing buyer's and viewer's market, will find this a fascinating way to keep au courant.