‘The Mick Jagger of Auctions’ Celebrated in Simon Wallon’s ‘The Hammer’: ‘He’s in the Shadows but Also in the Spotlight’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Marta Balaga

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Everyone knows Jeff Koons or Marina Abramović, but the art world has been hiding another celebrity: star auctioneer and former Sotheby’s chairman Simon de Pury.

“He’s in the shadows but also in the spotlight. It’s precisely this contrast that fascinates me and makes him a good character for a film: someone who’s reserved and almost shy at times but then becomes the ‘Mick Jagger of auctions.’ This nickname suits him well,” says “The Hammer” director Simon Wallon.

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