Sotheby's
auction house
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Financials
Self-reported XBRL data from 11 annual filings
Revenue
$1.04B
Net Income
$108.63M
Assets
$2.69B
EPS (diluted)
$2.09
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2018-12-31 · accession
0000823094-19-000011Summary
Sotheby's is an auction house[1]. Sotheby's ranks in the top 7% of auction house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,485 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: production company[4]
- Owned by: Patrick Drahi[5]
- Headquarters location: New York City[6]
- Child organization or unit: Sotheby's International Realty[7]
- Commons category: Sotheby's[8]
- Industry: auction[9]
- Has part(s): Sotheby's New York[10], Sotheby's London[11], Sotheby's Asia[12]
- Inception: 1744[13]
- Location of formation: London[14]
- Significant event: Sotheby's Agrees to Pay $45 Million Criminal Fine[15], City of Gotha and Federal Republic of Germany v. Sotheby's and Cobert Finance S.A.[16], Avni v Sotheby's[17], PETERS v. Sotheby's[18], lawsuit[19]
- Official website: https://www.sothebys.com/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sotheby's[21]
- Director / manager: Tad Smith[22]
- Employees: 1617[23], 133[24], 1577[25]
- Phone number: +1-212-606-7000[26]
- Official name: Sotheby's[27]
- Legal form: privately held company[28]
- Main Wikidata property: P6124[29]
- Owner of: Sotheby's Museum Network[30]
- Total revenue: 1,035,740,000 US dollars[31], 1,057,380,000 US dollars[32], 857,940,000 US dollars[33], 961,490,000 US dollars[34], 938,050,000 US dollars[35]
- Net profit: 108,630,000 US dollars[36]
Why It Matters
Sotheby's has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Sotheby's is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]