"Mall king A. Alfred Taubman's memoir tells of Sotheby's price-fixing scandal"
(Excerpt) BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) - A. Alfred Taubman, ignoring all of his instincts, stayed silent during the price-fixing trial that would end with a prison sentence for the former owner of Sotheby's auction house.It was a decision that the luxury mall developer and philanthropist sees as a critical mistake as he reflects on a career in retailing that began as a discount store salesman and eventually put him at the centre of an art world scandal.
"I should have gotten on the stand," the 83-year-old billionaire said in a recent interview in his office at the suburban Detroit company he founded in 1950.
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