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Sothebys

Auction House Name	Sothebys
Site URL	http://www.sothebys.com/
About Us	Art, antiques, rare and fine books in Americana, prints, ephemera, maps. On March 11, 1744, Samuel Baker, founder of Sotheby's, held the first-ever sale under his own name. It has only been in the last century, after all, that the original London company has expanded from book auctions to cover all areas of the fine and decorative arts. Sotheby's holds auctions practically every other day. In New York alone, there are more than 150 auctions in any given year.
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City	London
Country	United Kingdom
Zipcode	W1A 2AA
Contact Number	(212) 606-7000
Buyer's Fee	20% premium and an additional 12% after 100,000 USD or 70,000 GBP.
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AUCTION LIST

05/12/2020 - 05/12/2020, English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online - bidstart 5/5, #51220

05/15/2020 - 05/15/2020, Fine Japanese Art - Woodblock Prints, #L20221

06/10/2020 - 06/10/2020, Arts of the Islamic World - Manuscripts, Books, #L20220

07/02/2020 - 07/02/2020, Marc Chagall's Colourful Reverie - Bidstart 6/22, #L20165

07/14/2020 - 07/14/2020, Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts - bidstart 7/7, #L20403

07/15/2020 - 07/15/2020, The Collection of a Connoiseur: History in Manuscript - bidstart 7/8, #L20314

07/28/2020 - 07/28/2020, The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an, #L20422

07/28/2020 - 07/28/2020, Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, #L20401

08/04/2020 - 08/04/2020, Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany -bidstart 7/28, #L20409

09/17/2020 - 09/17/2020, Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/10, #L20161

10/01/2020 - 10/01/2020, The Beatles - Online bidstart 9/8, #L20419

10/06/2020 - 10/06/2020, From Japan With Love, #L20168

10/14/2020 - 10/14/2020, Photographs, #L20780

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> <i>Manhattan Gay Scene Guide 1969, Summer Edition,</i> Mattachine Book Service. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Harvey Milk, 2 autograph letters signed, to Pat Mormon, during US Navy service, 1954. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Oscar Wilde, <i>“The secret of life is in Art,”</i> autograph quotation dated and signed, 1882. $4,000 to $6,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Daniel Abraham, original art for <i>Stonewall Romances,</i> pen, ink & gouache, 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Antonio Lopez, 9 men’s fashion studies, graphite, 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Susie Gaynes & Amy E. Bartell, <i>March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights,</i> 1987. $600 to $900.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> <i>Paris is Burning,</i> photo offset poster by Anne Dutlinger, signed by film director Jennie Livingston, 1991. $400 to $600.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Toyen, pen & ink illustration from <i>Marquis de Sade: Justina cili prokletí ctnosti,</i> 1932. $8,000 to $12,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> David Wojnarowicz, <i>Untitled (Genet with Dog),</i> mixed media collage. $8,000 to $12,000.