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.
Sotheby’s unveil team for new London gallery
16 October 2013Sotheby’s have appointed Fru Tholstrup as director of their new London S|2 gallery, to oversee the running and strategy behind this new purpose-built space for private selling exhibitions of Contemporary Art in Mayfair.
New record for white diamond
14 October 2013Sotheby’s crowned their five-day HK$4.2bn (£354.5m) sales series in Hong Kong this month with a record price for a white diamond.
Sotheby’s announce rights issue to fend off Loeb
11 October 2013Sotheby’s board of directors have moved to counter increasing pressure for change from investor Daniel Loeb by issuing shareholders with new rights to acquire company stock.
Stand-off as investor calls for Ruprecht to quit Sotheby’s
10 October 2013Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has acquired almost 10% of Sotheby’s stock, has called for the auction house’s chief executive and chairman, Bill Ruprecht, to step down.
Sotheby’s lose CFO
04 October 2013Sotheby’s have announced that William S. Sheridan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company after 17 years.
Diamond aims for $60m record
04 October 2013Sotheby’s have announced that they are to offer a flawless 59.6-carat pink diamond for sale in Geneva on November 13 with a record asking price of $60m.
Danny Katz to move and hold sale at Sotheby’s
04 October 2013As London works of art dealer Danny Katz moves to new premises off Berkeley Square, Sotheby’s are to sell works from his Bond Street gallery.
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Sotheby’s defend title at antique and fine art industry five-a-side tournament
23 September 2013Over 120 players took to the football pitch on Saturday, September 7, for the annual antique and fine art industry five-a-side tournament. The event raised £16,000 for The Haven Breast Cancer Support Centres, the best ever total in its 11-year history.
Sotheby’s review strategy to placate shareholders
20 September 2013Sotheby’s have announced that they are reviewing their financial strategy in a bid to create the optimum balance between future investment in the company and shareholder return.
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Trio of Victorian classics comes to saleroom
09 September 2013Three pieces of Victorian art from the Leverhulme collection will be offered at Sotheby’s in London later this year with a combined estimate of £9m-14m.
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Auctioneers target private sales with new London galleries
09 September 2013The competition for private sales among the leading auction rooms will step up during the coming weeks as both Sotheby’s and Christie’s hold exhibitions at their new private galleries in London.
Hedge fund tycoon takes large stake in Sotheby’s
02 September 2013Speculation over the future of Sotheby’s has been rife since Wall Street hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb’s firm Third Point announced it had acquired a 5.7% stake in the firm.
Auction revenues jostle for space alongside loans and private sales at Sotheby’s
14 August 2013Global sales for the first half of 2013 at Sotheby’s totalled $3.14bn (£2.05bn), their latest set of results reveal.
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Kelly Clarkson banned from taking Jane Austen’s ring out of Britain
02 August 2013The British government has placed a temporary export bar on a rare piece of jewellery that belonged to Jane Austen.
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The art of staff
29 July 2013This week sees Sotheby’s staging their annual exhibition of work by the company’s employees, showcasing the artistic talents of over 60 members of staff.
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The view of the great admiral just before Trafalgar
15 July 2013Drawn from life at Nelson’s home, Merton, just weeks before the Battle of Trafalgar, this pastel portrait by the marine artist John Whichelo sold for £52,000 at Sotheby’s.
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Battle for El Greco boosts Old Master sales
04 July 2013Strong competition for a number of key works gave a major lift to the latest round of Old Master auctions in London.
Sotheby’s defend stamp sale decision
01 July 2013Sotheby’s have issued a robust defence of the British Postal Museum & Archive in the wake of strong criticism of the decision to sell off a tranche of its stamp collection valued at up to £5m.
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Sotheby’s lead Imps & Mods week with £17.5m Monet
20 June 2013A painting of a Venetian palace by Claude Monet (1840-1926) led the latest round of Impressionist and Modern art auctions in London.
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Major Fragonard portrait at Bonhams
17 June 2013Bonhams have announced that they have secured potentially the most valuable lot among the works being sold from the Dr. Gustav Rau collection.
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