In 2005, when Takashi Hashiyama, CEO of Japanese tv products producer Maspro Denkoh, determined to auction off the selection of Impressionist paintings owned by his corporation, which include functions by Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh, he contacted two main auction houses, Christie's International and Sotheby's Holdings, searching for their proposals on how they would deliver the assortment to the marketplace as very well as.