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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King of the saleroom – medieval chess piece sells at £540,000
08 July 2016A medieval chess piece produced one of the most exciting moments in Sotheby’s Treasures auction in London.
![Jean-Etienne Liotard scene at Sotheby's](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7675/sothebys-jean-etienne-liotard-2250ne-07-07-17.jpg?center=0.41333333333333333,0.48605577689243029&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557220000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a42%3a02)
Sotheby’s Old Master sale led by Liotard’s breakfast scene, selling to a museum at £3.8m
07 July 2016A rare interior scene by Swiss painter Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) was the top lot at Sotheby’s Old Masters evening sale last night, selling at £3.8m.
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In numbers: London’s Contemporary art sales
04 July 2016The Contemporary art sales in London last week saw a reduced supply of major works affect the overall totals which came in at their lowest levels since 2013. However, the material on offer generally met with decent demand and fears of a Brexit meltdown in the market did not materialise.
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Market rides Brexit fears at Sotheby’s Contemporary art sale as major record set for Jenny Saville
29 June 2016Fears that the Brexit vote would seriously impact the art market were partially allayed last night as Sotheby’s Contemporary art sale delivered robust results.
![Jack Butler Yeats The Fern in the Area Sotheby's](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7548/yeats-the-fern-in-the-area-2249nedi-27-06-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557180000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a58)
Three works with heist history at Irish art sale
27 June 2016Three Irish paintings that were previously stolen from their former owner's home are on the market this September.
$500m for Sotheby’s New York headquarters
23 June 2016Sotheby’s have hired real estate investment company Eastdil Secured to market their flagship auction headquarters in Manhattan.
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Picasso and Modigliani headline Sotheby’s slim Impressionist and Modern art auction
22 June 2016It was a pretty short sale. Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art auction last night offered just 27 lots and took less than 90 minutes to complete.
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Sotheby’s launch specialist auctions in London of Modern and Contemporary African Art
21 June 2016Sotheby’s will start dedicated sales of Modern and Contemporary African Art in London next year. The decision underlines the growing importance of a sector in which Bonhams have stolen a march in recent years.
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Cilla Black’s Lowry paintings sold at Sotheby’s Modern British art auction
14 June 2016Three works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) formerly owned by the late Cilla Black sold for almost £700,000 (including premium) at Sotheby’s yesterday.
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Ex-Sotheby’s Contemporary art specialist Alex Rotter to join Christie’s
10 June 2016Alex Rotter has been appointed as the new chairman of Post War and Contemporary art, Christie’s Americas, having left Sotheby’s after 16 years in March.
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Tasty result for the William I Koch wine cellar sale at Sotheby's New York
06 June 2016The Cellar of William I Koch 'White Glove' auction fetches a record-breaking £14.9m at Sotheby’s New York
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Hurst's hat-trick jersey to go under the hammer
06 June 2016In 1996 Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and the Lightning Seeds sang about ‘30 years of hurt’. Sadly for English football fans, it is now ‘50 years of hurt’ since the national team actually won something. Or have even reached a final.
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Signed copy of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to be offered at Sotheby’s New York
20 May 2016A signed copy of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 promising freedom to all slaves in the rebel states will be offered at an upcoming Sotheby’s sale in New York.
Sotheby’s head of sculpture Eric Bijzet leaves company to become a dealer
19 May 2016Eric Bijzet has become the latest expert to leave Sotheby’s as he plans to set up on his own as a dealer back home in Amsterdam.
New interest in Sotheby’s despite first quarter loss
18 May 2016Following the release of Sotheby’s disappointing 2016 first-quarter earnings, the financial press was awash with speculation of a new investor.
![Jean-Michel Basquiat at Christie's](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/7280/jean-michel-basquiat-christies-2242ne04a-13-05-16.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=131462557050000000&updated=08%2f03%2f2017+16%3a41%3a45)
10 highlights from the Modern and Contemporary art auctions in New York
13 May 2016Just under $1.2bn changed hands at the top-end of the art market in New York this week as Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips all held their Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary auctions over seven days for the first time. Here is ATG’s pick of individual highlights sold across the week.
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Sotheby’s announces new strategy board and plans for growth with guidance of specialists
05 April 2016Sotheby’s has announced the appointment of two new co-European chairmen as well as the establishment of a new strategy board which is set to drive growth.
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Early chess pieces come to Sotheby’s from seminal collection of German grandmaster
01 April 2016An important collection of early chess pieces will be offered as part of Sotheby’s Islamic sale in London on April 20.
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Wyndham to leave as more staff exit Sotheby’s
07 March 2016The shake-up at Sotheby’s continued last week as more key senior employees – including Henry Wyndham – depart the company.
Pelham sale is end of era for London trade
02 March 2016Sotheby’s are offering 180 lots of English and continental furniture and works of art from the ‘public and private collections’ of Alan Rubin, director of London and Paris dealership Pelham Galleries.
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