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Sotheby’s Announces Changes |
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AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s today announced that John van Schaik, 55, Managing Director of Sotheby’s Amsterdam, has chosen to step down from his current position effective 31 December 2003. At that time, he will assume a consulting and advisory role for Sotheby’s and will be a member of Sotheby’s advisory board.
Van Schaik joined Sotheby’s in 1975 and held a number of positions, including Finance Director and acting Managing Director before taking on the role of Managing Director in 1989. He was also a member of Sotheby’s European Senior Management Group. During this period, he was instrumental in developing Sotheby’s Amsterdam from a local Dutch operation into Sotheby’s main continental auction house in Northern Europe where the annual turnover grew fivefold, from EUR10 million in 1992 to EUR50 million in 2003.
John van Schaik contributed considerably to the successful sales of some of the most important Dutch collections, including the Koenigs Collection in New York (2001) and the Ritman Collection (1995) which was sold in several major auctions in London in the following years. Additional collections include Modern and Contemporary Art from Koninklijke Bijenkorf Beheer KBB in 1995, arts and antiques from the Collection of HRH Princess Christina of the Netherlands in 1996, the Old Master Collections Butôt (1993), Klaver (1994), the Teulings Collection of 19th Century Paintings (1998) and the Unicorno Collection of Old Master Drawings that will be sold in 2004.
His vision of the future was the force behind moving the company in 1999 from the city centre of Amsterdam to its current premises in the South of Amsterdam. This change of location was not only the beginning of a considerable growth in Sotheby’s business, both in turnover and market share, but also a milestone for Sotheby’s in regaining market leadership in the Netherlands in 2003.
Patrick van Maris (1961), currently the Deputy Managing Director of Sotheby’s Amsterdam, has been appointed as his successor effective 1 January 2004.
John van Schaik intends to pursue new challenges in the fields of art and finance through a financial advisory firm, which will manage the financial architecture of private and corporate art collections and provide commercial advise for art institutions.
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