Sotheby’s

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Address:: Sotheby’s, 34–35 New Bond Street, Mayfair,
London W1A 2AA
England
Telephone:: Work +44 (0) 207 293 5000
Buses:: 3 6 8 12 13 15 23 25 55 88 94 113 137 139 159 177 190 453 C2
Trains:: Bond Street CNT JUB, Green Park JUB PCL VIC, Oxford Circus BKL CNT VIC Note: The nearest train station to Sotheby’s is Oxford Circus. We can help you find the best route from any other train station:
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Sotheby’s auction house started out in 1744 when a guy called Samuel Barker sold several hundred books in an annual sale. Ten years later he decided to hire out a larger premises in Covent Garden.

With business booming, the auctioneers soon moved to The Strand, before settling in Bond Street in 1917.

London’s leading auction house

Sotheby’s main rival for two hundred years was the auction house Christie’s, but by the mid 20th-century Sotheby’s had overtaken their sales. That remained the case until the 1990s, when Christie’s embarked on a series of high-profile art sales.

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