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Sotheby’s have been holding auctions since 1744. Founded in London, where they moved into salerooms on Bond Street in 1917, Sotheby’s expanded to New York in 1955 and now have salerooms and offices around the world.
Sotheby’s offer specialist sales in over 70 different categories though four major salerooms, six smaller ones and through their online bidding platform BIDnow.
Paris auctions move back into action as Sotheby’s announce single-owner sale
08 July 2019In September the Paris auction scene wakes up from its long summer slumber to get back into action for the approaching autumn and winter season.
Lowry cricket match and Henry Moore’s Second World War drawing are top hits at Sotheby's
08 July 2019A Cricket Match (1938) by Mod Brit giant LS Lowry (1887-1976) was the fitting headliner at Sotheby’s. Offered in the midst of the Cricket World Cup, the 18in x 2ft (46 x 61cm) oil on canvas showing a back-street match played by local children in Salford sold for a mid-estimate £950,000 to a UK private buyer.
Medieval chess figure believed to be a ‘missing’ piece from the Lewis chessmen set sells at £600,000 at Sotheby’s
02 July 2019A chess figure bought in 1964 in Edinburgh for £5 by an antiques dealer and stored in a drawer for decades has sold at a hammer price of £600,000 at Sotheby’s in London.
Apollo 11 moon landing log offered in huge sale commemorating 50th anniversary of NASA mission
02 July 2019Decades after its journey to the moon, the Apollo 11 Timeline Book is going under the hammer at Christie’s New York in a special space exploration sale.
Rediscovered Velázquez portrait of one of the 17th century’s most powerful women comes to auction at Sotheby’s
25 June 2019A portrait by Spanish master Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) last recorded in 1724 is to be offered with a £2m-£3m estimate.
Going, going, private… Sotheby’s could compete on level terms with Christie’s – once it quits stock exchange
24 June 2019Art market insiders are expecting a dramatic change in the dynamic at the top end of the sector if a remarkable $3.7bn bid to buy Sotheby’s completes this year.
Activist investor Loeb kicked off the push for change at Sotheby's
24 June 2019The offer price from Patrick Drahi represents a premium of 61% to Sotheby’s closing price on June 14 and a 56.3% premium to the company’s 30-day average share price.
Impressionist and Modern auctions are on the sluggish side
24 June 2019The latest sales of Impressionist & Modern art in London put in a mixed performance.
Patrick Drahi: telecom magnate and a man of the world
24 June 2019The 55-year-old media and telecoms entrepreneur and enthusiastic art collector Patrick Drahi has made an offer to buy Sotheby's via his BidFair USA company in a $3.7bn deal.
Format gives access to a new audience
24 June 2019Sotheby’s is showing a growing commitment to the timed-online format.
Flower power at Paris auction
24 June 2019Asian auction series now take place around the world throughout the year in the major centres of the art market. Paris held its latest staging this month at the beginning of the French capital’s Temps Fort or high season.
Beethoven relic locks in an £28,000 result
24 June 2019Locks of Beethoven’s hair are known to have been taken from the composer on his deathbed in 1827, but an earlier and substantial sample featured in a recent London sale. Sold for £28,000 at Sotheby’s (25/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) against an estimate of £12,000-15,000, it is certainly a well-documented souvenir.
Timed online: your questions answered
24 June 2019ATG asked practitioners to explain the ins and outs of this increasingly popular auction format.
Timed to perfection
24 June 2019The success of timed online auctions for London’s big auction houses is putting the format on the map for other salerooms too.
Sale of dealer’s collection of African art led by rare mask at Sotheby’s
22 June 2019Sotheby’s chalked up a premium-inclusive total of just under €11.5m (£10.25m) when it sold the Marceau Rivière collection of African art in Paris.
Sotheby's sold to media entrepreneur and art collector Patrick Drahi in $3.7bn deal
17 June 2019Sotheby’s has been sold to BidFair USA, a company owned by media and telecom entrepreneur and art collector Patrick Drahi.
Beethoven’s hair bid to £28,000 at Sotheby’s
17 June 2019A lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair that was “evidently given” by the great composer to the pianist Anton Halm in 1826 was knocked down at £28,000 at a Sotheby’s auction in London last week.
Six places to see and buy art in London this weekend and beyond including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
14 June 2019Chelsea and Mayfair are two major centres for the art trade, particularly in the summer when events like Masterpiece and London Art Week (respectively) arrive.
‘New addition’ to the Lewis chessmen
10 June 2019Sotheby’s believes it has found a missing piece from the Lewis chessmen hoard – the cache of 12th or 13th century walrus ivory carvings that chiefly resides in the British Museum.
Selective Russian auction series maintains capacity to wow
10 June 2019The latest week of Russian art auctions in London generated £35.8m including premium, the highest total for a June series in this category since 2014.
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