NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Online Buyers Spend $155 Million
at Sotheby's in 2016, Up Nearly 20% from Prior Year
19% of All Lots Sold at Sotheby's in 2016 Are Purchased Online
Including Record $6 Million Earrings
Sold to Online Buyer
52% of All Online Bidders Are New to Sotheby's
- Driving Overall Record Number of New Clients in 2016 -
Program of Online-Only Sales Piloted in 2016 to Complement
Existing Global Auction Calendar
- Led by The Collection of Jacob and Aviva Baal-Teshuva
With a Total of Nearly $2 Million
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Sotheby's Launches Apps Across Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TV
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Sotheby's Social Audience More Than Doubles in 2016
- On Track to Pass 1 Million Followers By Year-End, Leading the
Marketplace -
Sotheby's Museum Network Unveiled
- First Original Web Series Debuts: Treasures from Chatsworth
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"Embracing technology more effectively, both internally and
through client-facing products, has been at the heart of our
strategy over the past 18 months and our results speak for
themselves," said Tad Smith,
Sotheby's CEO. "We look forward to 2017 and continuing to
deliver the best service in the industry and results for our
clients and shareholders."
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Sotheby's has been uniting collectors with world-class works of
art since 1744. Sotheby's became the first international auction
house when it expanded from London
to New York (1955), the first to
conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973),
India (1992) and France (2001), and the first international
fine art auction house in China
(2012). Today, Sotheby's presents auctions in 10 different
salesrooms, including New York,
London, Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby's BidNow platform,
powered by Invaluable allows visitors to view all auctions
live online and place bids from anywhere in the world. Sotheby's
offers collectors the resources of Sotheby's Financial
Services, the world's only full-service art financing company,
as well as the collection advisory services of its subsidiary,
Art Agency, Partners. Sotheby's presents private sale
opportunities in more than 70 categories, including S|2, the
gallery arm of Sotheby's Global Fine Art Division, and two retail
businesses, Sotheby's Diamonds and Sotheby's Wine. Sotheby's has a
global network of 80 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest
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*Estimates do not include buyer's premium. Prices achieved
include the hammer price plus buyer's premium and are net of any
fees paid to the purchaser where the purchaser provided an
irrevocable bid.
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