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The 100 most iconic items ever sold at Sotheby’s, from a T-rex skeleton to a banana taped to a wallA new Phaidon book, ‘Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History’, traces the auction house’s influence through its landmark sales, exploring how objects become cultural icons
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At $31.4 million, this Lalanne hippo just smashed another world auction record at Sotheby’sThe jaw-dropping price marked the highest-ever for a work by François-Xavier Lalanne – and for a work of design generally
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This Gustav Klimt painting just became the second most expensive artwork ever sold – it has an incredible backstorySold by Sotheby’s for a staggering $236.4 million, ‘Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer’ survived Nazi looting and became the key to its subject’s survival
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Sotheby’s is auctioning Mercedes Gleitze’s Channel-crossing RolexThe historic Rolex that started the sport-watch synergy is going under the hammer, amidst a contemporary boom in sporty-elegant timepieces
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Step inside Pauline Karpidas’ London home, a cabinet of curiosities filled with art and design treasuresThe British collector is selling the entire contents of her art and design-filled home: take a peek before it goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s in September 2025
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A Frank Lloyd Wright lamp broke auction record at Sotheby’s – fetching $7.5 millionThe architect's ‘Double-Pedestal’ lamp, which was designed for the Dana House in 1903, has become his most valuable work ever offered at auction
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A portrait of the artist: Sotheby’s puts Grayson Perry in the spotlightFor more than a decade, photographer Richard Ansett has made Grayson Perry his muse. Now Sotheby’s is staging a selling exhibition of their work
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‘Art speaks to the world around us’: Victoria Beckham’s 10 favourite artworks go on show ahead of Sotheby’s auctionWorks by Victoria Beckham’s favourite artists go on show at her Dover Street, London store, before they are offered across Sotheby’s upcoming contemporary auctions in New York and London or sold privately
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Tom Brady’s watch collection is for sale at Sotheby’s: here are the highlights‘The GOAT Collection: Watches & Treasures from Tom Brady’ goes on sale at Sotheby’s New York on 10 December
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FKA Twigs at Sotheby’s: healing, rawness and EusexuaFKA Twigs debuts durational artwork at Sotheby’s, London, to coincide with new album launch, Eusexua. Wallpaper’s Hannah Silver was there
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Sotheby’s vintage watch sale of 24 spectacular avant-garde designs sells out in one hourPatek Philppe's crazy-paved cuff and Audemars Piguet's emerald car are the star lots, pointing towards a new era of idiosyncratic opulence in watch design
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Prepare to bid: Lost Lalanne classics up for sale at Sotheby’sA series of Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne classics (think apples, donkeys and ginkgo leaves) have been discovered, hidden inside the late couple's workshop, and are up for sale by Sotheby’s on 4 October 2023
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Bid on one-off Louis Vuitton bags designed by the world’s biggest artistsWith Sotheby’s, Louis Vuitton offers a chance to bid on its one-off ‘Artycapucines’ handbags, reinterpreted by Urs Fischer, Donna Huanca, Peter Marino, Alex Israel, Tschabalala Self and more, with donations going to charity
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Prepare to bid: Sotheby’s to auction Marie-Antoinette’s armchairs, amid other regal lotsSotheby’s Paris will auction works from the collection of interior designer Jacques Garcia in aid of Château du Champ de Bataille
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Tomorrow’s Tigers: new rugs by Ai Weiwei, Peter Doig and more set for roaring success in charity exhibitionIncluding new designs by Ai Weiwei, Peter Doig, Kiki Smith, and Anish Kapoor, Tomorrow’s Tigers 2022 is a major fundraising project benefitting WWF
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Fine dining: Dabbous creates a post-war art-inspired feast at Sotheby’s -
Dior’s Kim Jones turns curator for Sotheby’s New YorkJones turns his curatorial eye to Sotheby’s New York ‘Contemporary Curated’ sale, selecting his favourite pieces, which are on view at a public exhibition from 28 February
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High Lights: Post-war and Contemporary Design at Sotheby’s London -
Piece corps: Wallpaper* and Sotheby’s join forces to reveal what great design is made of -
Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent’s collection of art, books and antiques goes under the hammer -
Material world: Sotheby’s announces autumn design auctionTaking place on 17 October, the sale features post-war and contemporary designs curated by Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers
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Erdem Moralioglu on art, design and his pursuit of the perfectly outfitted store -
Les Lalanne’s personal collection to go under the hammerIn October, a landmark sale dedicated to five decades of the French artist duo Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne’s creativity will take place at Sotheby’s Paris
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'Beyond Limits': Sotheby’s’ modern sculpture show returns to Chatsworth House -
Natural selection: the evolving nature of floral jewel design -
Sotheby's to auction art works taken from Gio Ponti's 'Beetle under the leaf' house -
A new wave of galleries arrives in Hong Kong
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