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Name: James SothebyJohn SothebyWilliam SothebySamuel SothebySamuel Leigh Sotheby
Birth Date: 16821740November 9, 1757July 14, 1771August 31, 1805
Death Date: November 17, 1742November 1, 1807December 30, 1833January 4, 1842June 19, 1861
Nationality: British

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Biography of James SothebyJohn SothebyWilliam SothebySamuel SothebySamuel Leigh Sotheby
6,639 words, approx. 22 pages
The Sotheby name has long been associated with the firm of book and fine-art auctioneers established in 1744 by Samuel Baker on York Street, London. Three generations of Sothebys were connected with the firm from 1778, when Baker's nephew, John...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Sotheby's Information
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Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) is the world's oldest international auction house in continuous operation. Its predecessor, Baker's, was founded in London, England on 11 March 1744 when Samuel Baker presided over the disposal of "several hundred scarce and...


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Sotheby's sale fetches $186 million
2/6/2007: 288 words, approx. 1 pages
Bidders shelled out $186 million in a sale of impressionist and modern art that ranked as one of Sotheby's biggest ever in Europe, the auction house said Tuesday.The sensation of the Monday night bidding was Chaim Soutine's "L'Homme au Foulard Rouge" ("The Man in the...
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The New York Observer
Sotheby's Taps East Coast COO As New CEO
11/9/2006: 432 words, approx. 1 pages
Sotheby's International Realty has tapped the COO of Sotheby's East Coast operations to be the brokerage's new CEO and president. Kathryn Korte, who managed Sotheby's Manhattan brokers for more than 13 years until 2005, will run the brokerage's 59 offices, including the three in Manhattan....
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Investor's Business Daily
Mega-Rich Fuel Art Renaissance, Lifting Auction House Sotheby's
8/2/2007: 1,476 words, approx. 5 pages
Bad-boy British artist Damien Hirst set an auction record in London when his "Lullaby Spring" sold for $19.2 million.The final bid at Sotheby's June contemporary art sale in London was the highest price at an auction for a living artist, surpassing Jasper Johns.The sale of...
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Billionaire paid max price at Sotheby's
9/21/2007: 348 words, approx. 1 pages
A Russian billionaire says he bought the art collection of the late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich for the state by offering the upper limit of the value established by the auction house.Alisher Usmanov said Friday on Ekho Moskvy radio that he paid $72.6 million on the...
 


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