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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‘Supreme Grade, Number One’ – first firearm with Chinese Imperial marks comes to auction
10 October 2016A musket made in the Chinese Imperial workshops, complete with marks, will become the first of its kind to be offered at auction next month.
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Hubert Robert – French museums’ flavour of the month at auction
09 October 2016For the second time in a month a French museum has secured a painting by Hubert Robert.
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Old Master market faces the “biggest art scandal in a century”
04 October 2016A series of Old Master paintings has come under the spotlight as further details emerge about a potentially major fakes scandal.
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Anya Hindmarch helps fashion Sotheby's contemporary auction
22 September 2016Fashion designer Anya Hindmarch's stylistic input helped Sotheby’s sell £1.8m at its latest contemporary sale.
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Twin odes to tea in New York's Asia week auctions
21 September 2016SPECTACULAR sums were paid for Chinese ceramics devoted to tea drinking during last week’s Asian works of art sales in New York.
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Never before auctioned Edvard Munch prints go up for sale
19 September 2016Two fresh to the market Edvard Munch prints are coming up for sale at Sotheby’s Prints & Multiples sale in London on September 27.
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Attenborough’s Pablo Picasso ceramics to go to auction
16 September 2016Lord and Lady Attenborough’s collection of Pablo Picasso ceramics will be up for auction in November at Sotheby’s in London.
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Ex-Phillips specialist joins Sotheby’s Contemporary art department in London
06 September 2016Martin Klosterfelde, a former Berlin-based contemporary art specialist and director at Phillips, has joined Sotheby’s.
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Cécile Bernard appointed managing director of Sotheby’s France
05 September 2016Sotheby’s have announced the appointment of Cécile Bernard as managing director of Sotheby’s France.
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Yeats painting owned by David Bowie for sale at Sotheby's in November
22 August 2016A 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 2016The Olympic Games produce magical memories and high achievement and few competitors have created so many memories and achieved as much as Usain Bolt.
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Sotheby’s make higher profits despite drop in auction market
08 August 2016Sotheby’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.
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Record of Chinese emperor's journey south to lead a Sotheby's Asia Week sale
05 August 2016A rare handscroll fragment recording the Qing dynasty's ambitious rule is a key lot at one of Sotheby’s upcoming sales.
China Guardian founder takes largest shareholding in Sothebys
04 August 2016The largest shareholder in Beijing’s China Guardian Auctions has also become the largest single shareholder in Sotheby’s. Cheng Dongshen, chairman and chief executive of Taikang Life Insurance, purchased $230m or 8m Sotheby’s shares across June and July and now has a 13.5% stake.
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Drive my car: John Lennon's Austin Princess comes to RM Sotheby's
25 July 2016John Lennon's 1956 Austin Princess is one of the featured lots at RM Sotheby’s London auction in September.
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Perfect timing – John Arnold pocket watch fetches £460,000 record
21 July 2016Sotheby’s established an auction record for a watch by John Arnold (1736-99) when a large silver pocket chronometer of 1781 sold at £460,000.
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Sotheby's promote Claudia Dwek to European chairman of contemporary art
20 July 2016Sotheby’s have appointed Claudia Dwek as chairman of contemporary art, Europe. She will remain as co-chairman of Sotheby’s Italy.
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Starman in the saleroom – David Bowie’s art collection heads to Sotheby’s
14 July 2016Sotheby’s have announced that they will be selling David Bowie’s art collection in November.
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Sotheby’s appoint Helena Newman as European chairman
11 July 2016Helena Newman has been appointed as chairman of Sotheby’s Europe. She will hold the new role in addition to her current position as co-head of Impressionist and Modern art worldwide.
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‘They think it’s all over’… England’s 1966 World Cup victory still holds special place in collecting market
11 July 2016It may only be a few weeks until the 50th anniversary of the 1966 World Cup final but, judging by the way their team exited the Euros, England fans will have to wait a lot longer before their team ever again reaches the final a major football tournament.
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