Sotheby\' S

Sotheby' S is a famous company of Auction. The very first sale was held on March 11th 1744. The founder of this house of sale, Samuel Baker, governed the sale of several hundreds of rare books and great value. The offices was then located York Street at London, it joined George Leigh in 1767. With the death of Baker in 1778 the firm was continued by George Leigh and the nephew of Baker John Sotheby (1740-1807). Samuel Leigh Sotheby, (1805-1861), wire of John was him also appraiser, it was however the last Sotheby family member to direct the company which bore its name, John Wilkinson which had entered in 1842 the company, took again the business with the death of Samuel Leigh Sotheby in 1861.

Today, the company has a turnover of approximately 2 billion $ US, offices with London (New Bond Street and Olympia), Manhattan (York Avenue), Paris, Amsterdam, Geneva, Zurich, Milan, HongKong, Singapore, Melbourne.

Sotheby' S and Christie' S fight with the neck and neck for the world preeminence of the prestigious auctions.

External sites

http://search.sothebys.com/

To consult this site usefully it is necessary to be registered (what is free) by giving an address email and a password. It makes it possible (inter alia) to consult the catalogs of sales on line. Contrary to Christie' S, the site of Sotheby' S keeps the images of the batches of the last sales. The trader sites of posters or photographs on fabric are supplied there abundantly, which complicates research on rare artists.

See also a more detailed history.

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