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Christie's had hoped a promise to give away some of the proceeds from the sale of Heidi Horten's collection would quell criticism of the auction.
Announcement follows campaign by Jewish groups in response to auction house's sale of jewelry belonging to the late heiress to the fortune of a former Nazi Party member
The Christie's auction house has canceled its planned November sale of the second portion of the jewelry of Heidi Horten, whose collection has been tied to wealth seized from Jews during the Holocaust.
(RNS) — The auction house planned to sell jewelry from the collection of Heidi Horten, whose husband built a fortune at the expense of Jews during the Nazi years.
(JTA) – Christie’s has announced that it will not follow through with plans to hold a second auction of jewelry from an estate that was partially built on Nazi plunder.