An article in Vanity Fair traces the controversies of the Taubman family in recent years as patriarch Alfred Taubman’s estate goes to auction at Sotheby’s this week, including a note on the estate’s inflated guarantee.  “Bobby [Taubman] is a board member; he’s supposed to increase shareholder value,” says one anonymous insider. “It’s going to be very hard for Sotheby’s to earn out that guarantee.”
Read more at Vanity Fair