Sotheby's
Sotheby 's is one of the oldest auction houses in the world with auction centers in New York, London, Paris, Geneva and Hong Kong. More than 300 experts covering more than 70 collections, including paintings, furniture, musical instruments, manuscripts, sculptures, carpets, wine, watches, jewelry, cars and real estate. A densely branched network with 100 offices worldwide (of which in Germany: Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich) in 40 countries, including Moscow, Beijing, Doha, Jakarta, provides comprehensive advice to customers. The service includes a no obligation and free preliminary assessment of works of art of any kind Anyone interested can by appointment at your nearest Sotheby's office his possessions ( be it a painting, an antique rug or a diamond necklace ) leave from an expert check for its value down.
History
In 1744, Sotheby's was founded by Samuel Baker in London. His nephew, John Sotheby, who joined the company in 1778, gave her the final name. 200 years dominated books and manuscripts the business. The Became one of the leading auction houses owe Sotheby's longtime chairman Peter Cecil Wilson, who strategically pursued the internationalization of the auction business after the Second World War. In 1964 Sotheby's, the New York auction house Parke- Bernet.
In 1983, the American businessman and art lover Alfred Taubman, the company. During his era, considerable maximum prices for works of the Impressionists were paid ( for example, $ 78 million for the Renoir painting Bal du moulin de la Galette. In May 1990, Sotheby's achieved in a single Impressionist auction record sales of 286 million dollars.
Every year, Sotheby's held over 300 auctions worldwide. The realized Sotheby's in the first half of 2013 consolidated revenues of 3.14 billion U.S. dollars. During the last decades Sotheby's & Classic Modern and Contemporary Art auction exceptional Most works primarily in the area of Impressionist art and some of the most famous test collections in the world for auction. In February 2010, became with GBP 65,001,250 ( 74,185,983 euros ) Alberto Giacometti's L' Homme qui marche I for the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction ( the estimate was 12 to 18 million GBP).
Significant Auctions
Sotheby's holds the world record for a lock auction: 43,950,915 euros has been made with the auction of works of art of the royal house of Hanover in October 2005. The hitherto successful German Sotheby's auctions were 77.7 million DM, the auction house of Baden in October 1995 and 31.4 million DM, the Thurn and Taxis Auctions in October 1993.
2 May 2012 Sotheby's auction wrote history as the most expensive ever Come to the auction business was sold. Edvard Munch's 1895 native version of the image The Scream changed hands for $ 119,922,500 ( 91,033,826 euros ) the owner.