Threshold Resistance (16 page)

The first day of trading for Sotheby's Holdings on the New York Stock Exchange in 1988. With me are Michael Ainslie, then–NYSE president Dick Grasso, and our specialist on the floor, Jack Geary.

A Washington, D.C., cartoonist created this shortly after we acquired the Woodward and Lothrop department store company in 1984. Most cartoons bring a smile to my face, even if they are critical of me. I really admire the art form.

They pour champagne on you when you win a football championship. With me after the 1983 USFL victory in Denver are Shire Rothbart, Panther coach Jim Stanley, and Max Fisher.

My wife Judy and I prepare for a day of shooting at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland.

Visiting India in 1984 with friends Amy Matouk and Ehab Shafic (left), recording industry genius Ahmet Ertegun and my wife (center), and Jerry Zipkin and Mica Ertegun (right).

With my fishing buddies in Iceland: my attorney Jeffry Miro, Parker Gilbert, Graham Allison, Otto Winckelmann, and Lord Michael Blakenham.

Relaxing at home in Palm Beach.

My beautiful—but leaky—Richard Meier–designed home in Palm Beach.

My current home in Palm Beach, after major restoration, which does not leak.

Spending time with my friend Les Wexner at his beautiful home in Aspen, Colorado.

With my daughter Gayle.

A great round of golf in Vail. With me are Henry Kravis, Jack Geary, and George McFadden.

During my 10-month stay in Rochester, Minnesota, I was inmate 50444-054. I used this card whenever I could to access the delicacies served from the prison's vending machines. I put on my best tough-guy face for the camera, but the experience was terrifying.