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.
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Old Master auction series posts best total since 2017
10 July 2023The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.
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Buyer’s premium now raised at all the major players
10 July 2023The flagship London summer sales were the first to take place since the major auction houses all raised their buyer’s premiums in the first half of 2023.
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Katherine Parr portrait sets record for a Tudor painting
06 July 2023A portrait of Katherine Parr once believed to have been destroyed by fire set an auction record for any Tudor painting at Sotheby’s last night.
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Klimt clinches European record
03 July 2023A Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) portrait that made a record for any work sold at auction in Europe helped lift the latest series of Modern and Contemporary sales in London.
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Gustav Klimt portrait makes record for any work sold in Europe
28 June 2023The last portrait painted by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) sold at Sotheby’s in London last night for £74m, a record for any artwork ever sold at an auction in Europe.
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Solomon work to stay in UK after two museums step in following auction
26 June 2023A work by Rebecca Solomon (1832-86) originally offered at Sotheby’s and later blocked from export to the US has been bought by two UK museums.
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The Freddie Mercury Collection: A kind of auction magic
19 June 2023Queen singer Freddie Mercury’s art and antiques collection is coming up for sale in September.
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Gustav Klimt portrait at Sotheby’s could set record for a painting sold in Europe
15 June 2023One of only a small number of portraits by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still in private hands will be offered at Sotheby’s in London this summer.
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Pioneering dealer Leloup’s collection up for sale at Sotheby's
12 June 2023Sotheby’s is to offer the private collection of Hélène Leloup (b.1927), one of the major pioneering dealers in African and Oceanic Art.
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Rare jades with notable provenances come to auction
05 June 2023Sotheby’s Asian Art sale in Paris on June 15 will include some rare jades with notable provenances.
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Sotheby’s to move to ‘museum mile’ in New York
02 June 2023Sotheby’s New York will move its headquarters to the Breuer building, currently occupied by The Frick Collection.
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Hires, promotions and relocations – the latest art and antiques news
31 May 2023From a new boss of Christie’s Asia to a Brighton antiques gallery move, here is a round up of auction house and dealer updates from around the world.
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Back down to reality for Modern and Contemporary art sales
22 May 2023Judging by the overall totals, the latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips in New York were something of a bump back to reality after the last two sales series posted the highest grossing totals on record.
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Auction record for any book as Hebrew bible takes $38.1m at Sotheby’s
18 May 2023Setting an auction record for any book, manuscript or item of Judaica, a work billed as the ‘earliest and most complete Hebrew bible’ in existence sold for $33.5m (£26.6m) at Sotheby’s New York.
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Japanese collector wins battle for Klimt’s lakeside view
17 May 2023A view of Austria’s Lake Attersee by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) led Sotheby’s latest sale of Modern art in New York.
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The polar market explored
08 May 2023Now hugely popular, this collecting field actually took many years to get going
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Dr Wou Kiuan Collection takes a journey through history
01 May 2023Sotheby’s conducts a timed online sale from May 10-17 titled A Journey Through China’s History: The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection.
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Last of Henry’s six wives and spared death or divorce
01 May 2023Sotheby’s Coronation Sale ending on May 4 is a cross-category collection of manuscripts, jewellery, artwork and objects relating to the British monarchy
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Superstar Freddie Mercury's private collection to be sold at Sotheby’s this autumn
26 April 2023From stage costumes, handwritten lyrics and guitars to Victorian paintings, a Faberge clock and Japanese art, the private collection of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury (1946-91) is to be offered in a series of auctions.
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Sotheby’s offers Hammershøi interior scene with highest ever estimate for the artist
18 April 2023A major painting by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) will be offered at Sotheby’s evening sale of Modern art in New York on May 16. Pitched at $3m-5m, it has the highest estimate ever placed on a work by the Danish artist.
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