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[@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys)
"In its auction debut Pablo Picassos magnificentFemme la montre the prized jewel of The Emily Fisher Landau Collection sold for a staggering $XXXXX million at #SothebysNewYork becoming the second most valuablework by the artist ever sold at auction. After X minutes of bidding watch as Oliver Barker brings the hammer down on this historic moment. #TheFisherLandauLegacy #PabloPicasso #Picasso #painting #art #auction #newyork #sothebys"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7299348520820018464) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-11-09T06:40Z 440.2K followers, 1.8M engagements


"The Great One thatalmostgot away. Head of Sports Collectibles Brahm Wachter tells the #Sothebys Story of how #WayneGretzkys Final Career Game New York #Rangers jersey found its way back to Sothebys for the second time. The very jersey worn by Gretzky during his final career point in his last game of the 1998-1999 season stars in a single-lot auction on XX September during #Sports Week at Sothebys New York. The auction will be followed by Sothebys Legends of Sport sale headlined by Kobe Bryants Number XX Debut Los Angeles Lakers jersey worn during his first game of the 200607 NBA season."  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7546313791709908247) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-04T19:11Z 440.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"$2 million in #diamonds looks a little something like this: the #HarryWinston Wreath Collection. Starring in the Magnificent #Jewels auction at #SothebysNewYork presented in partnership with #GenesisHouse. #harrywinstonjewelry #sothebys #jewelry #diamondjewelry #newyork"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7308987923603393824) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-12-05T06:06Z 440.2K followers, 404.3K engagements


"Watch as Helena Newman brings the hammer down on Franoise Gilots Evening auction debut Portrait de Genevive avec un collier de colombes (1944) at #SothebysLondon. One of Gilots most beloved subjects this powerful depiction of the artists best friend and lifelong muse comes from the collection of Arianna Huffington (author and founder of The Huffington Post) and was given by the artist as a gift in 1986. Pursued by five bidders the work soared to 4x its estimate and sold for $918774 / 723900. #FrancoiseGilot #ArtTikTok #ArtTok"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7343367621431086368) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-03-06T21:37Z 440.2K followers, 54.4K engagements


"Setting a new record for any work by Tiffany Studios watch auctioneer #PhyllisKao take The Danner Memorial Window to $XXXX million after six minutes of spirited bidding. The first Tiffany Studios work ever to appear in a major evening auction it nearly doubled its high estimate. Designed by Agnes Northrop a pioneering female artist in the field The Danner Memorial Window showcases Tiffany Studios at their finest. Standing XX feet tall the piece is alive with vibrant fruit-laden trees and a glowing sunset sky where color and light merge to create a painterly illusionistic effect. The New York"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7438903685574429984) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-11-19T08:25Z 440.2K followers, 3.1M engagements


"Breaking news: This just in the only known juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton just sold in the #SothebysNewYork sale room for a staggering $XXXX million after fees making it the third most valuable dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction. Stay tuned for the full bidding battle #PhyllisKao"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7527700587119447318) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-07-16T15:22Z 440.2K followers, 4.8M engagements


"One of just four ceratosaur skeletons known to existand the only juvenile this impeccably preserved #fossil sparked a heated bidding battle in the #SothebysNewYork sale room today. Soaring past its $XX million estimate auctioneer #PhyllisKao dropped the hammer for a final price of $XXXX million. The result makes this the third most valuable #dinosaur fossil ever sold with last year's APEX the Stegosaurus holding the current world record. Geek Week continues with the History of #Science & Technology online auction closing tomorrow XX July"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7527770625939655958) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-07-16T19:54Z 440.2K followers, 2.9M engagements


"This military cipher machine wasnt just for codesit helped smuggle booze during Prohibition. Hidden in the paperwork: secret drop spots and coded liquor brands. Sothebys specialist Adam Stackhouse breaks it all down. The Hebern 3-Rotor Encryption Machine is available for bidding in our History of Science & Technology online auction closing XX July @ 2PM EDT"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7527799203859352854) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-07-16T21:45Z 440.2K followers, 69.8K engagements


"Auction records trace the evolution of taste market confidence and cultural momentum. In 2017 Jean-Michel Basquiats 'Untitled' 1982 skull painting sold for $XXXXX million at #SothebysNewYork surpassing Warhols Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) to become the most expensive work by an American artist ever sold at auction. That record stood until 2022. What work do you think could be next"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7539329526568897824) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-08-16T23:54Z 440.2K followers, 940.5K engagements


"Weve seen a lot of Monets come through the #SothebysNewYork doors but 'Meules' was in a league of its own. Sold in 2019 for $XXXXX million after an epic bidding battle it became the first Impressionist painting to ever surpass the $XXX million mark at auction and an artist record. Six years later that record still stands. Watch as Harry Dalmeny drops the hammer on this historic Monet"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7542543147004398880) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-08-25T15:26Z 440.2K followers, 350.3K engagements


"In 2017 Sothebys Global Head of Photographs Emily Bierman got a cold call from someone who said I think I have a photograph of former U.S. president John Quincy Adams. Something about this call sparked a sense of excitement and in the latest #SothebysStories episode Emily recounts how one phone call brought a piece of history to light"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7550338686953524502) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-15T15:30Z 440.2K followers, 206.6K engagements


"After more than five minutes of bidding Ren Magrittes La Race blanche gouache from 1937 sold for XXX million / $X million. It was one jewel in a trove of Magritte works that exceeded their estimates during the Evening Auction for Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection at #SothebysLondon. Other highlights included Tte which sold for 914400 / $XXX million and set an auction record for a plaster sculpture by the artist as well as the sculpture La Race blanche which doubled its high estimate after being pursued by five bidders"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7551462967288646934) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-18T16:13Z 440.2K followers, 15.1K engagements


"The #SothebysHongKong Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction opened with an auction record for emerging artist Li Hei Di. Watch as Alex Branczik brings the gavel down on 'There Was One Summer Returning Over and Over; There Was One Dawn I Grew Old Watching from 2023. The work sold for more than double its high estimate $XXX million HKD after five minutes of bidding. The sale achieved a total $XXXXX million HKD with XX% of lots sold"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7556617802338061590) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-10-02T13:36Z 440.2K followers, 15K engagements


"Francis Bacons most prized painting Portrait of a Dwarf kept it in his own collection for several years hammered to applause in the Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction tonight presented in partnership with @celine. Pursued by X bidders the painting soared to XXXX million. An amalgamation of George Dyers hairline Peter Beards face Lucian Freuds torso and Bacons own foreshortened legsthe figure melds some of the artists closest friends and greatest loves. The London Sales continue with David Hockney and the Contemporary Day Auction on Friday XX October"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7561982239001562390) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-10-17T00:33Z 440.2K followers, 24.1K engagements


"Children styled for status. Many child portraits from the 19th Century and before were commissioned to showcase family wealth and position. From lavish fabrics to exotic animals every detail told a story. Join Sothebys Auctioneer Phyllis Kao and Specialist Chris Apostle as they explore the symbols of wealth and identity embedded in these portraits"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7506947165940387094) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-21T17:09Z 440.2K followers, 89.5K engagements


"A landmark auction at #SothebysNewYork: The Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders Collection became the most valuable single-owner Old Masters sale ever totaling $XXXX million. With seven artist records shattered one highlight was this exquisite still life by Luis Melndez the only known work by the artist to feature a cauliflower. After a nearly five-minute bidding battle the painting soared to $XXX million almost doubling the artists previous auction record set over XX years ago. Watch auctioneer David Pollack call the record-breaking moment and explore the full results via the link in bio"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7509513569600359713) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-28T15:14Z 440.2K followers, 344.2K engagements


"#JaneBirkins original #Herms Birkin bag created a sensation at #SothebysParis today as it sold for XXX million ($10.1 million). After weeks of anticipation and a global tour the bidding opened at X million ($1.7 million). With that single bid the world record for a handbag set in 2021 by the Herms White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Retourne Kelly XX at $513040 was instantly eclipsed. Watch the #biddingwar unfold with bids coming in over the phones online and in the room. In the end the #handbag that changed #fashion history was met with applause as it sold to private collector from"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7525569642161704215) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-07-10T21:33Z 440.2K followers, 3.6M engagements


"A 54-pound #Martian #meteorite the largest known piece of #Mars ever found on Earth has landed at #SothebysNewYork. Ejected from the Martian surface by a massive #asteroid strike it traveled XXX million miles through space and hurtled through Earths atmosphere before crashing in the Sahara Desert. Hear more from Sothebys Cassandra Hatton. Starring in Geek Week NWA 16788 is on free public view in our New York galleries now until XX July before the live auction on XX July. Find out more on Sothebys.com. #space #sciencetok #spacetok #alien"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7525575899341688086) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-07-11T11:30Z 440.2K followers, 2M engagements


"Lucy Bulls hypnotic eight-foot canvas 9:59 lit up the saleroom in the Contemporary Evening Auction tonight presented in partnership with CELINE. After a six-minute battle Tom Eddison brought the hammer down at XXX million. A cascade of molten pinks swirling blues and kaleidoscopic textures the work exemplifies Bulls meticulous layering process. The #SothebysLondon Sales continue with The David Hockney Sale: The Arrival of Spring and the Contemporary Day Auction on Friday XX October"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7562193177512299809) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-10-17T14:11Z 440.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"POV: Behind the turnstile at #Sothebys #ContemporaryArt Evening #Auction with a sneak peek at #KeithHarings Untitled and #JeanMichelBasquiats Campaign before the works enter the sale room. #NewYork #art #Basquiat #Haring #POV"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7369388140856937760) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-05-16T00:30Z 439.7K followers, 547.3K engagements


"Painted when Raphael was just XX Saint Mary Magdalene is one of only three works by the artist to come to auction this century. Sothebys specialist Daria Foner breaks down what makes this painting so special. Dont miss your chance to see Raphaels genius up close at #SothebysNewYork from XX February ahead of the Master Paintings Pt. I auction on X February. Learn more via the link in bio. Presented in partnership with Qatar Executive"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7466919133754559776) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-02-02T20:20Z 439.6K followers, 32.4K engagements


"Rare Frank Lloyd Wright lamp sets new auction record for the icon of American design. Auctioneer Oliver Barker brought the architects Double-Pedestal Lamp to $XXX million after a seven-minute bidding battle. Created in 1903 for the Susan Lawrence Dana House the lamp distills Wrights architectural genius into a single luminous formlike a miniature house rendered in glass and bronze. Only two were ever made; the other remains in the Dana House collection. The New York Sales continue tomorrow with the Modern Day Auction on Wednesday XX May at 10:00 AM EDT. Link in bio to discover more. Presented"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7504132971289414934) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-14T03:09Z 439.7K followers, 821.4K engagements


"Six bidders across the room phones and online competed for a rare early 14th-century Byzantine icon that kicked off tonights sale at #SothebysLondon. The unpublished panel soared to 825500 quadrupling its estimate with auctioneer Harry Dalmeny closing the sale. The icon is a rare survivor of the Palaiologan period. Its delicate detail and remarkable preservation offer a vivid glimpse into the last great chapter of Byzantine painting. Masters Week continues tomorrow X July at 11:00 AM BST with the Old Master & 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7522649169492774177) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-07-03T00:41Z 439.7K followers, 478.5K engagements


"Inside the #SothebysHongKong warehouse Specialist Florence Ho takes a first look at #LouiseBourgeois Baudelaire (# 5) a highlight in our upcoming Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Auction. One of the largest works on paper by Bourgeois to appear at auction it captures the delicate yet haunting quality of her later work created just two years before her passing. Up close the artists fingerprints remain on the papera quiet trace of the artist at work. Our Hong Kong galleries are currently closed to the public during the inclement weather. The exhibition is scheduled to run until the auction on"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7553488357611818262) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-24T03:12Z 439.6K followers, 13.7K engagements


"A treat for the eyes. Take a look at all of the beautiful works and their ornate frames featured in our Modern Day Sale at #SothebysNewYork"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7162989111647767813) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2022-11-06T19:36Z 439.8K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Ad Reinhardts Red Painting has been sold in tonights Contemporary Evening Auction in New York. #SothebysContemporary #ArtTok #AdReinhard #Sothebys #Auction #NYC"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7234718029454626075) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-05-19T02:41Z 439.9K followers, 84.7K engagements


"#AuctionUpdate ICYMI auction records were broken this week at #SothebysLondon. Watch the second half of the ten-minute bidding battle with Helena Newman at the rostrum where Gustav Klimts final masterpiece Dame mit Fcher (Lady with a Fan) established a new auction record for Klimt and became the most valuable work of art ever sold at auction in Europe. Watch the first half of the bidding battle on @sothebys. #SothebysModern #SothebysContemporary #GustavKlimt #Klimt #ArtTok"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7250914323118214426) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-07-01T18:10Z 439.7K followers, 4.1M engagements


"The #FriezeWeek auctions at #SothebysLondon achieved 45.7m / $56.1m and five new records were set across both sales. With Oliver Barker at the rostrum Andy Warhols Diamond Dust Shoes sold for double its high estimate at 3.3m / $4m during the #SothebysContemporary Evening auction. The London Sales are presented in partnership with @CELINE. #AndyWarhol #Frieze"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7289872105137655073) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-10-14T17:47Z 439.9K followers, 112.3K engagements


"Replying to @Ian Auctioneer Phyllis Kao makes it look easy In the latest episode of Meet the Auctioneer on Sothebys YouTube she explains what its really like behind the rostrum. #Auction #auctioneer #sothebys #artauction #art #naturalhistory #job #career #careertiktok"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7393054211732213024) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-07-18T19:06Z 439.9K followers, 1M engagements


"Whats the painting behind Sothebys specialist David Rothschild Lets find out. #SothebysLondon #ArtTok #ArtTikTok #WillemdeKooning #DeKooning"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7423543008601115936) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-10-08T22:58Z 439.9K followers, 22.4K engagements


"Behind the scenes and behind the turnstile. This BTS clip from our #SothebysNewYork May Contemporary Evening auction became a fan favorite capturing the calm before the bidding storm. Stay tuned as we continue the countdown to your most-liked post of the year with #SothebysWrapped 🎁"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7454200207471938849) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-12-30T13:44Z 439.7K followers, 920.8K engagements


"Honey I Shrunk the Sothebys Specialists so that they could take Maurizio Cattelans Untitled (2001) to the ground floor. You can find the elevators in the #SothebysLondon Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction on XX June presented in partnership with @Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7519240118167833858) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-06-23T20:12Z 439.9K followers, 31.2K engagements


"Cy Twomblys Untitled enters the auction. What do you think Sold. $XX million"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7099648025064164613) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2022-05-20T03:00Z 440.2K followers, 3.6M engagements


"Sothebys specialist David Macdonald takes us inside Garden Lodge the beautiful light-filled Georgian-style brick villa that Freddie Mercury called home. #TheWorldofFreddieMercury exhibition is now open at #SothebysLondon until X September. Each of the XX galleries is devoted to a different aspect of Mercurys lifeand while some of the items to be displayed are familiar from his greatest stage performances many of the items on view have never been seen by anyone other than Mercurys closest circle of friends. Its free and open to the publiccome visit MonFri 11a-4:30p Sat & Sun & Bank Holidays"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7263849591269854497) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-08-05T14:46Z 439.9K followers, 89.7K engagements


"We work at #Sothebys"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7312215078000938272) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-12-13T22:49Z 440.1K followers, 284.3K engagements


"After more than three minutes of bidding #LucyBulls 16:10 sold for a record-breaking $1.8M during the Now Evening Auction at #SothebysNewYork. In its #auction debut the work achieved twice its high estimate as #auctioneer Phyllis Kao brought down the #hammer in the sale room. #SothebysContemporary #contemporaryart #painting #newyork"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7368767975236685089) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-05-14T08:23Z 440.1K followers, 612.1K engagements


"A stunning moment at #SothebysHongKong Maison as Mark Rothkos Untitled (Yellow and Blue) became the third most valuable Western artwork ever sold in Asia achieving an astonishing $253M HKD in our Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction. Watch Alex Branczik bring the gavel down on this monumental masterpiece. There is still time to bid on the Modern & Contemporary Day Auctions beginning tomorrow XX November @ 10:30AM HKT. Link in bio to discover more from the Hong Kong Sales presented in partnership with @CELINE"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7436111561585872160) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-11-11T19:50Z 440.1K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Replying to @Jennifer B. Meet Sothebys auctioneer Phyllis Kao and find out how she got her start in auctions. #art #artauction #arttok #auctioneer #sothebys"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7439406170877480224) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-11-20T16:55Z 439.9K followers, 1.4M engagements


"An exceedingly rare yellow-gold#Rolex #Daytona #PaulNewman 'John Player Special' from 1969 sold for a staggering $XXX million to a bidder in the #SothebysNewYork saleroom tonight during The GOAT Collection: #Watches and Treasures from #TomBrady evening #auction. Brady was first seen wearing the wristwatch at the start of the 2023 #football season during a special ceremony at #GilletteStadium where the New England Patriots honored the legendary quarterback at their home opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. During the halftime ceremony team owner #RobertKraft announced that Brady would be"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7447021683073895712) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-12-11T07:00Z 440.1K followers, 707.2K engagements


"In the #SothebysNewYork salesroom this morning Phyllis also brought down the hammer on one of the most valuable musical instruments ever sold at auction. The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius crafted in 1714 during Antonio Stradivaris revered Golden Period achieved $XXXX millionproceeds that will fund the largest named endowed scholarship at New England Conservatory supporting generations of musicians to come. Before the sale New England Conservatory alumna Geneva Lewis honored the moment with a performance of Bachs Largo"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7468798810127420704) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-02-07T21:54Z 440.1K followers, 3.2M engagements


"1962 was a breakthrough year for Roy Lichtenstein. Sothebys specialist Kelsey Macpherson explains why. Peanut Butter Cup (1962) from the collection of John Kaldor will go under the hammer at the Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction at #SothebysLondon on X March at 7pm GMT"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7477232339706334486) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-03-02T15:20Z 440.1K followers, 17.5K engagements


"After several phone bidders vied for this rare Pierre-Auguste Renoir masterpiece Baigneuse accoude achieved a $XX million HKD in the #SothebysHongKong saleroom. A gem from Renoirs pivotal 1880s period this painting presents a timeless nude reclining on a white cloth reminiscent of Renaissance drapery set against a soft impressionistic landscapeperfectly blending the modern and the classical. Catch the full auction premiere on YouTube now. Presented in partnership with CELINE"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7487933464524672278) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-03-31T11:26Z 440.1K followers, 16.8K engagements


"After a prolonged contest of nearly five minutes between two determined bidders Pablo Picassos late-period 'Buste dhomme' achieved XXX million / $XXX million. Fresh to the market after more than XX years in the collection of Pauline Karpidas the work was offered in the Evening Auction at #SothebysLondon this past week"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7552069860713303318) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-20T07:28Z 440.1K followers, 99K engagements


"Which #HarryBertoia sound sculpture is your frequency Part of Design Week at #SothebysNewYork these works are headed to auction this week. #sculpture #bertoiasculpture #20thcenturydesign #design #moderndesign #modernart"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7241343187128782107) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-06-05T23:10Z 440.2K followers, 633.5K engagements


"Worn in the Bohemian Rhapsody video in 1975 Freddie Mercurys silver snake bangle was the subject of rapid-fire bidding at #SothebysLondon exceeding its high estimate within the first few seconds. The sought-after piece sold for 698500a record for a piece of jewellery belonging to a rockstar and almost XXX times its estimate. Mercury continued to wear the traditional Victorian-style piece time and again during the mid-1970s. #TheWorldofFreddieMercury #FreddieMercury #BohemianRhapsody #GetCultured"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7277309479257902368) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2023-09-10T21:17Z 440.2K followers, 6.3M engagements


"This first edition of #TheGreatGatsby is valued at $250000. Heres X reasons whyand what to look for in your own copy. #WorldBookDay Were excited to announce Book Week is back at Sothebys this June with global sales taking place in Paris London and New York. More on Sothebys.com. #SothebysBooks #GreatGatsby #FScottFitzgerald #BookTok #Books #bookrecommendations #firstedition"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7361085881907760416) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-04-23T15:32Z 440.2K followers, 526.5K engagements


"#Auctioneers are superstitious creatures. Meet Sotheby's expert auctioneer Phyllis Kao and tune in LIVE right here on TikTok to see her take the rostrum in The Now Evening Auction at #SothebysNewYork XX May. #auctions #artauctions #superstitions #contemporaryart"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7368628056950426913) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-05-13T23:20Z 440.2K followers, 774K engagements


"POV: Youre in the room when a new record is set for the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. The stegosaurus known as Apex made history today selling for $XXXX million at Sothebys New York after a riveting bidding battle during the Natural History sale. Watch the full video on Sothebys YouTube. #Stegosaurus #NaturalHistory #AuctionRecord #auction #fossil #dinosaur"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7392787517147335968) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-07-18T01:52Z 440.2K followers, 12.4M engagements


"The #SothebysWrapped🎁 countdown concludes with our most viral moment of the year: the sale of Apex the stegosaurus. Watch the last two minutes of the budding war when Phyllis Kao brought the hammer down at an astonishing $XXXX million at #SothebysNewYork making Apex the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. This sale shattered the previous record held by Sue the first dinosaur ever auctioned which achieved $XXX million in 1997. It also earned us a Guinness World Record and quickly became our most viewed video of all time with over XX million views on TikTok and counting. Now just months"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7454988457350286624) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-01-01T16:42Z 440.2K followers, 2.5M engagements


"Sothebys art handlers have spent an incredible amount of time over the last few weeks getting close-up and personal with all the artwork in our New York Sales. So we asked them which ones are their favorites this season. Heres what they said. #art #auction #artauction #gallery #sothebys #newyork"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7504068451946761494) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-13T22:58Z 440.2K followers, 202.9K engagements


"Painted during a watershed moment for the artist #PaulCezannes Portrait de Madame Czanne is a revelatory #portrait of the artists wife Hortense Fiquet. Tonights $XXX million sale marked the second highest #auction price for one of these Hortense portraits. From 1875 the artist ushered in a wholly modern mode of portraiture. Czanne sought to transpose his own sensory perceptions of subjects rather than capturing their exact likeness or expression. Works such as Portrait de Madame Czanne were a cornerstone for developments of the genre in the last century. The #NewYork Sales continue tomorrow"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7504181622426635542) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-14T06:17Z 440.2K followers, 138K engagements


"Chased by four bidders for almost X minutes Jean-Michel Basquiats Untitled saw the second highest price for a work on paper by the artist during tonights Now & Contemporary Evening Auction at #SothebysNewYork. Watch Oliver Barker drop the hammer as the work soared to $XXXX millionand pushed the evenings combined total to $XXXXX million. Completed when Basquiat was just twenty years of age Untitled from 1981 sees the artists ingenuity spill forth from oilstick to paper like magic. The New York Sales continue with the Contemporary Day Auction opening Friday XX May at 9AM EDT. Link in bio to"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7504909679479459074) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-16T05:22Z 440.2K followers, 509.4K engagements


"Nine works from Roy Lichtensteins personal collection took center stage tonight in the Contemporary Evening Auction at #SothebysNewYork. Among the highlights was Stretcher Frame with Cross Bars III from the 196768 Stretcher Bar series which soared to $XXX million twice its low estimate. One of just XX works from the series the painting uses Lichtensteins signature Ben-Day dots and bold planes of black and yellow to explore the very structure of the canvas itself. Presented in partnership with CELINE"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7505038276881911062) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-05-16T13:41Z 440.2K followers, 42.3K engagements


"Forty years ago today #FerrisBueller took the day off. The most legendary truant in American #film history played hooky on X June 1985 in #JohnHughes teenage fantasy #FerrisBuellersDayOff. Now to mark the anniversary of that eventful day one of the films most recognizable artifacts the signature sweater vest worn by #MatthewBroderick as Ferris Bueller is being auctioned in a single-lot online #auction at #SothebysNewYork on XX June. Come see it on view in our York Avenue galleries starting today in a free public exhibition. #phyllis #phylliskao #Bueller #Sothebys"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7512499873162267926) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-06-05T16:16Z 440.2K followers, 800.2K engagements


"Rarely seen in public since 1979 Ren Magrittes 'LEmpire des lumires' from The Mo Ostin Collection captured the spotlight at #SothebysNewYork back in 2023. It achieved an astonishing $XXXX million after a 10-minute bidding battle setting a record for the artist at the time. Watch as Oliver Barker brings this work to its final total. #SothebysArchives"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7544005285292150049) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-08-29T13:53Z 440.2K followers, 1.5M engagements


"When Gustav Klimts 'Bauerngarten (Blumengarten)' appeared in our March 2017 Evening Sale it dazzled the room at #SothebysLondon. After intense bidding the vibrant garden scene reached $XXXX million (48 million) setting a new record for a Klimt landscape and ranking among the highest prices ever achieved for a work of art in Europe. Watch as Helena Newman brings the gavel down on this landmark moment. #SothebysArchives"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7545917649126001952) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-03T17:34Z 440.2K followers, 185.3K engagements


"Freddie Mercury would have turned XX todayand tomorrow marks the anniversary of the night his legacy took center stage at #SothebysLondon. In one of the evenings most unforgettable moments his silver snake bangleworn in the 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody videoignited a rapid-fire bidding battle before selling for 698500 nearly XXX times its estimate. That record-setting result was part of 'Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own' a white-glove Evening Sale that totaled XXXX million and captured the full spirit of the Queen frontman"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7546629969267510560) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-05T15:58Z 440.2K followers, 415.9K engagements


"Join us 2021 September at #SothebysNewYork for talks tastings and morepresented alongside our Contemporary Curated Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein and Modern & Contemporary Discoveries exhibitions. Totally free & open to the public check the full program and RSVP at Sothebys.com. Presented in partnership with Velocity Black"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7548826732975901984) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-09-11T13:43Z 440.2K followers, 8733 engagements


"The worlds most notorious banana just sold for $XXX million in its auction debut. #MaurizioCattelans iconoclastic 'Comedian' has captivated the world once againthis time in the #SothebysNewYork salesroom where Oliver Barker brought the hammer down at 6X its estimate of $X million. After over X minutes of heated bidding Jen Hua Deputy Chairman of Sothebys Asia and Chairman of Sotheby's China placed the winning bid on behalf of Justin Sun Chinese collector and founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON. Sun remarked when I first heard about this work back in 2019 I thought it was pure genius. And"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7439547588287728929) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2024-11-21T02:04Z 440.2K followers, 204K engagements


"250 years ago #JaneAusten was born. This week were celebrating the accomplishments of women throughout history in the By A Lady auction at #SothebysNewYork. Here some staff picks of whats hitting the auction block on XX October. #booktok #madonna #history"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7560871963011616023) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-10-14T00:44Z 440.2K followers, 12.5K engagements


"Auctioneer Tom Dddison sold Andy Warhols Four Pink Marilyns (Reversal Series) for XXX million in tonights #SothebysLondon Contemporary Evening Auction presented in partnership with CELINE. Created in 1986 the work captures one of the most conceptually charged moments of Warhols late career a spectral reimagining of his own legacy and Marilyn Monroes enduring icon repeated only four times in negative register. The London Sales continue with The David Hockney Sale: The Arrival of Spring and the Contemporary Day Auction on Friday XX October"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@sothebys/video/7562242234188434720) [@sothebys](/creator/tiktok/sothebys) 2025-10-17T17:22Z 440.2K followers, 23.9K engagements