Sotheby’s

‘Jodi,’ Sotheby’s Newly-Minted Nanotyrannus, Hits the Auction Block With $9 M. Estimate

According to a statement from Sotheby’s, “Jodi” is one of only three known Nanotyrannus specimens.

ARTnews•Lmiller19h ago

Dali-Designed Bronze Book of Revelations Cover Stolen from French Museum, Sotheby’s to Auction Nanotyrannus Fossil, and More: Morning Links for October 6, 2026

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ARTnews•Francesca Aton6 Oct

Sotheby’s Will Host “The Art of Divorce” Panel Discussion in Geneva

Princess Diana’s Christina Stambolian dress, otherwise dubbed “the revenge dress” is coming to auction at Sotheby’s London on December 9

ARTnews•Hikmat Mohammed5 Oct

Sotheby’s To Sell Artworks from Collection of Bankrupt Hedge Funder George Allen Weiss

Weiss has previously offered a Monet to try to pay down the debt to Bank of America.

ARTnews•Brian Boucher1 Oct

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Rare Turner Roman Landscape Painting Heads to Sotheby’s With $66.2 M. Price Tag

The painting was once acquired by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and future British Prime Minister in 1876.

ARTnews•Hikmat Mohammed29 Sept

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Thomas Kaplan’s 18th Rembrandt is St John on Patmos

The owner of the Leiden Collection is revealed to have bought the painting for $18 million at auction at Sotheby’s in December 2025.

ARTnews•Hikmat Mohammed28 Sept

The NFT party is over and everybody now owes storage rent

In 2021, Christie's sold a Beeple NFT for $69.35 million, and Sotheby's took another $24.40 million for 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, giving cartoon primates the kind of auction-house treatment usually reserved for Fabergé eggs.

CryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac26 Sept

Sotheby’s is Selling One of the World’s Most Coveted Whisky Bottles

The auction—Sotheby’s first-ever held at the Macallan Estate—also features bottles designed by artists Sir Peter Blake, Valerio Adami, and Michael Dillon.

ARTnews•Tessa Solomon24 Sept

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‘The Mick Jagger of Auctions’ Celebrated in Simon Wallon’s ‘The Hammer’: ‘He’s in the Shadows but Also in the Spotlight’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Everyone knows Jeff Koons or Marina Abramović, but the art world has been hiding another celebrity: star auctioneer and former Sotheby’s chairman Simon de Pury. “He’s in the shadows but also in the spotlight.

Variety•Marta Balaga24 Sept

Sotheby’s to Sell a $37 M. Cache of Works Once Owned by Armand Hammer, National Gallery of Art Names New Head of Art of Americas Department, and More: Industry Moves for September 23, 2026

Plus, Julia Phillips wins the €100,000 K21 Global Art Award.

ARTnews•Maximilíano Durón23 Sept

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Christie’s Heads to Abu Dhabi to Mark 20 Years in United Arab Emirates, as Country’s Market Grows

The house’s first fine art auction in Abu Dhabi comes as Sotheby’s expands in the city, Frieze Abu Dhabi prepares to launch, and the Guggenheim nears its opening.

ARTnews•Daniel Cassady22 Sept

Back in black: Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' goes on show ahead of Sotheby's auction

A striking black dress worn by Princess Diana on the day her estranged husband admitted adultery is going up for auction at Sotheby’s

The Independent•Jill Lawless18 Sept

"Iris" and "Weeping Willow": unseen Monet paintings go on sale in Paris

A total of 28 works from the Schlumberger collection are being sold at Sotheby's France, valued at over 40 million euros, including four paintings by Monet, pieces by Paul Cézanne and Gustave Moreau, and a sculpture by Camille Claudel.

Euronews18 Sept

A Love Story in Ten Works: Sotheby’s Celebrated Its Next Guest Curators, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods

Earlier this week, guests gathered at Sotheby’s Breuer building for a special dinner to mark the latest edition of its Contemporary Curated auction, compiled this season by six-time NBA all-star Towns and model and entrepreneur Woods.

Vogue•Clara Hillis17 Sept

Monet ‘Iris’ Painting—Last of its Kind in Private Hands—Could Break French Record at Sotheby’s Paris

In October, Sotheby’s Paris is auctioning a rare trove of Impressionist and Modern art from the secretive Jeanne Schlumberger collection, estimated to be worth over $45 million.

ARTnews•Devorah Lauter17 Sept

The 1960s Counterculture Artist Peter Max Has Died, Sotheby’s Paris to Auction Possible Record-Breaking ‘Iris’ Monet Painting, and More: Morning Links for September 17, 2026

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ARTnews•Francesca Aton17 Sept

Sotheby’s Is Opening a Parisian Restaurant Filled With $150 M. of Art During Art Basel Paris

Chez Sotheby’s will bring Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, Richter, martinis, and a temporary restaurant to a Paris apartment overlooking the Tuileries.

ARTnews•Daniel Cassady15 Sept

Sotheby’s to Offer $90 M. in Art from Richard Hedreen’s Collection, Ahead of Major University Gift

The roughly 50 works, led by a $20 million to $30 million Roy Lichtenstein, are being sold as Hedreen moves forward with his major art gift to Seattle University.

ARTnews•Daniel Cassady14 Sept

$90 M. Hedreen Collection Heads to Sotheby’s to Underwrite Seattle U. Building, Florida Family Claims International Scheme Sold Them Fake Andy Warhols, and More: Morning Links for September 14, 2026

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ARTnews•Francesca Aton14 Sept

Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for auction

Auction house Sotheby's expects the dress to sell for up to $300,000 (£220,000) when it goes under the hammer on 9 December.

BBC11 Sept