Brussels, 30/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The famous fine art auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's have been found guilty of infringing European rules of competition under Article 81(1) (ban on concerted agreements or practices with as effect price fixing, limitations on production or sharing out the market). Based on evidence provided by Christie's itself in January 2000, the Commission was able to gather proof of a cartel consisting in fixing sales commissions and other commercial...