Champagne Reception and Three-Course Dinner for Six Hosted by John Authers, Senior Investment Analyst at the Financial Times, and Special Guest

The Event

If your bid is successful, you and five friends will be joining John for a three-course dinner and champagne reception at Christie’s King Street salerooms in London on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 from 7:00pm GMT.

You will be joined by special guest, Russell Napier, strategist at CLSA and author of Anatomy of the Bear.

On arrival at Christie’s, you will be greeted with a champagne and canapé reception. This will be followed by a sumptuous three-course meal in Christie’s main salerooms, where you’ll have first viewing of Christie’s spring Impressionist/Modern Art sale.

Post-Sale

Successful bidders will be contacted by the Financial Times via email, and will be required to remit payment and provide the names of their guests and all dietary requirements no later than Thursday, 23 January 2014.

John Authers took over as investment editor of the Financial Times in September 2006. He writes the daily Short View column, the Long View column, which appears every Saturday, and the Last Word column for FT Fund Management, which appears monthly.

He joined the FT in 1990. In previous posts, he has been US markets editor, US banking correspondent, and Mexico City bureau chief. He is currently based in New York.

His publications include The Fearful Rise of Markets and The Victim’s Fortune. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University College, Oxford, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

All proceeds from the sale of this lot will be paid to World Child Cancer.

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