Sotheby's
# sothebys - Monday 20 May, 2013
First edition ‘Harry Potter’ – including author’s notes – up for auction
The rare first edition will be sold to raise funds for English PEN, a writer’s association.
# sothebys - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Photos: Here’s what a €19 million penthouse in New York City looks like
Here’s a clue: expensive. It looks expensive.
# sothebys - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Photos: Here’s what a €30 million house in the Cayman Islands looks like
Got some spare millions lying around? Worried about looking flashing if you buy a gaff in Ireland? Never fear.
# sothebys - Saturday 10 November, 2012
Sotheby’s to sell Mick Jagger’s love letters
The letters were given to Sotheby’s to auction by Jagger’s former lover, singer Marsha Hunt.
# sothebys - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Host of famous Irish artists’ work to go under hammer
Paintings from Paul Henry, Jack B Yeats, Harry Clarke and Louis le Brocquy to be sold in London this month.
# sothebys - Sunday 19 August, 2012
In photos: Fancy living it up on Celine Dion’s private island?
The singer’s home was clearly also her castle…
# sothebys - Saturday 23 June, 2012
In pictures: Katharine Hepburn family estate on sale for $30 million
Waterfront property has its own private dock and sandy beaches.
# sothebys - Sunday 27 May, 2012
A public service buyer mini-boom? A guide to the Irish art world…
TheJournal.ie takes a deeper look at the international art market and discovers a mini-boom among retired public servants in Ireland and billionaire battles between the Russians and Chinese.
# sothebys - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
VIDEO: European royal diamond sold for €7.6m at auction
Extraordinary jewel has had a rich history passing through royal families in France, the Netherlands, England and Prussia since the 17th century.
# sothebys - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Bacon painting sells for $45 million at Sotheby’s
The painting of the male nude by the Dublin-born artist had been expected to sell for between $30 million and $40 million.
# sothebys - Thursday 3 May, 2012
The Scream sets auction record with $119m sale
The pastel work was one of four Munch created of the image and was sold in its original frame.
# sothebys - Saturday 21 April, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning! Nine things to know this Saturday…
Occupy Wall Street plans protest at art fair
Internationally acclaimed Frieze Art Fair to be next target for Occupy movement.
# sothebys - Sunday 25 March, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web…
# sothebys - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
Artist’s invisible ink signature revealed after 30 years
Auction house Sotheby’s says it has uncovered the secret signature of a graffiti artist on a piece from 1982.
# sothebys - Thursday 19 May, 2011
# sothebys - Tuesday 1 March, 2011
Wallis Simpson’s smalls up for sale
Interest reported to be brisk in personal belongings of American divorcee who led British monarch to abdicate his throne.
# sothebys - Friday 11 February, 2011
Francis Bacon painting sells for €27 million
An anonymous buyer pays three times the pre-sale price at an auction in London.
































