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Sothebys

Auction House Name Sothebys
Site URL https://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 New York
State New York
Country United States
Zipcode 10021
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

October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025, Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990, #N12005
October 22, 2025 - October 22, 2025, Prints and Photographs, #N11752
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025, Prints and Multiples, Part II, #N11756
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025, Photographs Part II, #N11758
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025, Rock & Pop, #N11902
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025, Leonard A. Lauder, Collector | Evening Auction, #N11735
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025, The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction, #N11733
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025, Leonard A. Lauder, Collector | Day Auction, #N11736
November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025, Contemporary Day Auction, #N11734
November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025, Exquisite Corpus Day Auction, #N11728
November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025, Modern Day Auction, #N11730
December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025, Arcade | New York, #N11799
December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025, The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 1, #N11833
December 12, 2025 - December 12, 2025, The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2, #N11776
December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025, Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana, #N11899
December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025, Important Judaica, #N11907
December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025, Swinging on a Star: The Collection of Bing & Kathryn Crosby, #N11793
January 08, 2026 - January 08, 2026, Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library, #N12411
January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026, Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana, #N12016
January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026, Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana, #N12016
February 04, 2026 - February 04, 2026, Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, #N12025
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026, The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, #N12034

  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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