Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 (1897)
Roberts, W. (William), 1862-1940, Christie, Manson & Woods · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 24
oneering in London, practically within a fewmonths of one another. They were both Scots-men, and each seems to have possessed, in a con-spicuous degree, not only a more than native shareof pluck and energy, but the infinite capacity formastering details which alone makes successfulmen of business.… … 2 JAMES CHRISTIE Of James Christies parentage and family con-nections very little appears to be known ; and ofhis career up to the time when he started as anauctioneer in London, even less information hasbeen published. He was, as we have alreadystated, a Scotsman, having been born at Perth in1730;…
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