Sotheby's

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.


David Bowie sale at Sotheby's

Ten shots from Sotheby’s viewing of David Bowie’s art collection

02 November 2016

Over 400 works from David Bowie’s collection have now gone on view at Sotheby’s in advance of the three-part auction in London on November 10-11.

Tang sancai figure

Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition opening at Sotheby’s

31 October 2016

The venerable Oriental Ceramic Society are holding an exhibition of Asian ceramics at Sotheby’s which opens later this week.

Sotheby’s buys art analytics firm

28 October 2016

Sotheby’s has acquired the The Mei Moses Art Indices, a database and analytics tool for tracking the art market and comparing its performance against other assets.

Shaykh Zayn al Din watercolour of a stork

Indian miniatures snapped up at Sotheby’s

24 October 2016

A near total sell-out greeted Sotheby’s sale of Indian miniatures from the Khosrovani-Diba collection offered as part of London’s Indian and Islamic art series.

Sotheby’s increases buyer’s premium

17 October 2016

Sotheby’s has increased its buyer’s premium with the changes effective from November 13.

Hannibal by Jean-Michel Basquiat

Overseas bidders take advantage of weaker pound to lift Frieze-week auctions

11 October 2016

Fewer lots were on offer at this year’s Frieze-week auctions in London but demand generally held up with international bidders taking advantage of favourable exchange rates.

antique coloured diamond necklace

Russian diamond necklaces with Imperial connections given $10m pitch

11 October 2016

Two Russian diamond necklaces, with links to Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in Geneva next month with a $10m estimate.

Chinese musket

‘Supreme Grade, Number One’ – first firearm with Chinese Imperial marks comes to auction

10 October 2016

A musket made in the Chinese Imperial workshops, complete with marks, will become the first of its kind to be offered at auction next month.

Hubert Robert painting

Hubert Robert – French museums’ flavour of the month at auction

09 October 2016

For the second time in a month a French museum has secured a painting by Hubert Robert.

Frans Hals portrait

Old Master market faces the “biggest art scandal in a century”

04 October 2016

A series of Old Master paintings has come under the spotlight as further details emerge about a potentially major fakes scandal.

Anya Hindmarch

Anya Hindmarch helps fashion Sotheby's contemporary auction

22 September 2016

Fashion designer Anya Hindmarch's stylistic input helped Sotheby’s sell £1.8m at its latest contemporary sale.

Song dynasty

Twin odes to tea in New York's Asia week auctions

21 September 2016

SPECTACULAR sums were paid for Chinese ceramics devoted to tea drinking during last week’s Asian works of art sales in New York.

Edvard Munch print, The Lonely Ones

Never before auctioned Edvard Munch prints go up for sale

19 September 2016

Two fresh to the market Edvard Munch prints are coming up for sale at Sotheby’s Prints & Multiples sale in London on September 27.

Attenborough's Picasso ceramics collection

Attenborough’s Pablo Picasso ceramics to go to auction

16 September 2016

Lord and Lady Attenborough’s collection of Pablo Picasso ceramics will be up for auction in November at Sotheby’s in London.

Martin Klosterfelde sothebys

Ex-Phillips specialist joins Sotheby’s Contemporary art department in London

06 September 2016

Martin Klosterfelde, a former Berlin-based contemporary art specialist and director at Phillips, has joined Sotheby’s.

Cécile Bernard of Sotheby’s France

Cécile Bernard appointed managing director of Sotheby’s France

05 September 2016

Sotheby’s have announced the appointment of Cécile Bernard as managing director of Sotheby’s France.

Sleep Sound by Jack Butler Yeats

Yeats painting owned by David Bowie for sale at Sotheby's in November

22 August 2016

A painting by Irish artist Jack B Yeats owned by the late David Bowie will be offered at Sotheby’s in November.

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Usain Bolt Olympic 2012 stadium track section to be sold at Graham Budd auction

10 August 2016

The Olympic Games produce magical memories and high achievement and few competitors have created so many memories and achieved as much as Usain Bolt.

Pablo Picasso's Femme assise

Sotheby’s make higher profits despite drop in auction market

08 August 2016

Sotheby’s latest results showed the firm has increased profits despite a significant fall in auction sales. Their share price jumped by over 15% after the figures were released earlier today.

Wang Hui's Emperor Kangxi's Journey to the South

Record of Chinese emperor's journey south to lead a Sotheby's Asia Week sale

05 August 2016

A rare handscroll fragment recording the Qing dynasty's ambitious rule is a key lot at one of Sotheby’s upcoming sales.

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