"Independent schools face huge fines over cartel to fix fees", 'The Times', London, 10 November 2005 .

A. Alfred Taubman, who dipped into a billion-dollar fortune from shopping centers to become principal owner of Sotheby's, was found guilty yesterday of conspiring with its rival, Christie's, to fix fees charged to auction house sellers.

Their collusion began a year before the government claims the two executives' bosses - the supposedly rival chairmen of the two auction giants - hatched their own top-level conspiracy to fix fees charged to auction sellers.

To fix fees and charges for all city services and the use of city property.

The seller is A. Alfred Taubman, the former chairman of Sotheby's, who was convicted last month of conspiring with his counterpart at Christie's to fix fees charged to sellers.

The suit contended that executives of the two houses had cooperated to fix fees as far back as 1992.

The Giza Antiquities Authority has not yet fixed fees for the sites.

He also successfully defended the landmark legislation of the Tamil Nadu Government to fix uniform fees in all schools in the State.

The URAA gives the Office authority to fix reasonable fees based on these costs.

But according to trial testimony, others in the two houses had also discussed fixing fees.