Yet Another Shareholder Has Filed a Lawsuit Against Sotheby’s Over the Company’s Acquisition Deal With Patrick Drahi

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Yet Another Shareholder Has Filed a Lawsuit Against Sotheby’s Over the Company’s Acquisition Deal With Patrick Drahi

The latest shareholder suit is seeking class-action status to halt the deal.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 24, 2019

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Two Shareholders Are Suing Sotheby’s Over Its Proposed $3.7 Billion Acquisition Deal With Patrick Drahi

The lawsuits are demanding the auction house disclose more financial information.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 22, 2019

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Christie’s Apollo 11-Themed Auction Flops as Its Multimillion-Dollar Star Lot Fails to Launch

The sale didn't quite take off in the way that Christie's had hoped.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 18, 2019

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Sole-d to the Highest Bidder: A Canadian Businessman Buys 99 of World’s Rarest Sneakers at Sotheby’s for $850,000

You can still buy a pair of original 1972 Nike "Moon Shoes" available online through July 23.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 17, 2019

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The Collection of the Late Socialite Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy’s Sister, Is Coming to Christie’s This Fall

A socialite who never left the shadow of her sister, Radziwill was known for refined taste and high-profile relationships.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 9, 2019

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Amid Protests and Steeped in Controversy, a King Tut Statue Sells at Christie’s for $6 Million

Protesters gathered outside the auction house during the controversial sale, which the Egyptian authorities attempted to halt.

By Kate Brown, Jul 5, 2019

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A Lewis Chessman, Bought for $6 and Then Tucked Away in a Drawer for Decades, Just Sold at Auction for Almost $1 Million

The rest of the Lewis trove belongs to British museums.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 3, 2019

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David Goodman, Sotheby’s Marketing Chief Who Played a Central Role in Its Digital Expansion, Is Leaving the Auction House

Sotheby's representatives insist Goodman's departure is unrelated to its sale to Drahi, while another staffer left before that deal.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 2, 2019

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‘Bigger Is Better’: At a Time of Unprecedented Competition, Smaller Auction Houses Are Merging to Stay in the Game

The mergers of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions, as well as Rago and Wright, offer a hint of what's in store for the industry.

By Daniel Grant, Jul 2, 2019

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Works by Women Artists Spark Excitement at Phillips’s Star-Studded $45.5 Million Contemporary Sale in London

The sale, which came in toward the low side of its overall estimate, included two Basquiats from the collection of ex-Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez.

By Colin Gleadell, Jun 27, 2019

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A $21 Million Francis Bacon Portrait and a Bevy of Middle Eastern Bidding Fuel Sotheby’s $88.4 Million Postwar London Sale

New records were set this evening for Pascale Marthine Tayou and Toyin Ojih Odutola, but the overall results were moderate.

By Colin Gleadell, Jun 26, 2019

A Long-Lost (and Disputed) Caravaggio Due to Fetch as Much as $171 Million at Auction Was Just Sold in a Mysterious Private Sale

The painting, Judith Beheading Holofernes, was discovered in an attic in 2014.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 25, 2019

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A Swiss Family Used This Chinese Emperor’s Bronze Vessel to Store Their Tennis Balls. It Just Sold at Auction for $4.9 Million

A specialist spotted the 17th-century incense burner on an unrelated visit to the family's home.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 20, 2019

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A Serene Monet and Several Restituted Treasures Reassure the Market at Sotheby’s $124 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale

The action assuaged market jitters after a rocky performance at Christie's Impressionist and Modern sale on Tuesday.

By Colin Gleadell, Jun 19, 2019

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