Diana dwyer brooks, known since childhood as Dede, looked as if she was dressed for a funeral, and in a way, she was. In a fitted black suit, with a black Chanel handbag tucked under her arm, her graying blond hair frazzled, she came before a federal judge in a Manhattan court last week and softly pleaded guilty. When the judge asked her to explain her guilt in her own words, the former CEO of Sotheby's International read from handwritten notes: "At the direction of a superior at Sotheby's Holdings, I had a number of meetings and conversations with a representative of [rival auction house] Christie's International, in which ... we agreed to fix prices." Her plea pointed a well-manicured finger at her onetime mentor, Alfred Taub-man, the former chairman of Sotheby's.
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