Hugh Hildesley began his career at Sotheby's in London more than 40 years ago, eventually rising to head of the Old Masters Paintings department. In 1983 he took an unusual professional sidetrack, becoming an Episcopal rector at the Church of the Heavenly Rest on Fifth Avenue in New York. Twelve years later he returned the few blocks east to Sotheby's, where today he is an executive vice president, senior auctioneer and author of The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling at Auction (W.W. Norton), regarded as the, ahem, bible of the industry. He spoke with ForbesLife executive editor Patrick Cooke.
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