Sotheby's

auction house
Organization auction_house Q654762
Sotheby's
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 11 annual filings
Revenue
$1.04B
▼ 2.0% YoY FY2018
Net Income
$108.63M
▼ 8.6% YoY FY2018
Assets
$2.69B
▼ 12.9% YoY FY2018
EPS (diluted)
$2.09
▼ 5.0% YoY FY2018
$0.00$290.78M$581.56M$872.34M$1.16B FY2008: $691.56M · NI $26.46M (3.8% margin)FY2009: $484.96M · NI -$6.53M (-1.3% margin)FY2010: $774.31M · NI $160.95M (20.8% margin)FY2011: $831.84M · NI $171.42M (20.6% margin)FY2012: $768.49M · NI $108.29M (14.1% margin)FY2013: $853.68M · NI $130.01M (15.2% margin)FY2014: $938.05M · NI $117.80M (12.6% margin)FY2015: $961.49M · NI $43.73M (4.5% margin)FY2016: $857.94M · NI $74.11M (8.6% margin)FY2017: $1.06B · NI $118.80M (11.2% margin)FY2018: $1.04B · NI $108.63M (10.5% margin) '08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2018-12-31 · accession 0000823094-19-000011

Sotheby's

Summary

Sotheby's is an auction house[1]. Sotheby's has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Sotheby's is in the country of United States[3].
  • Sotheby's's instance of is recorded as auction house[4].
  • Sotheby's's instance of is recorded as production company[5].
  • Sotheby's is owned by Patrick Drahi[6].
  • Sotheby's's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[7].
  • Sotheby's's child organization or unit is recorded as Sotheby's International Realty[8].
  • Sotheby's's Commons category is recorded as Sotheby's[9].
  • Sotheby's's industry is recorded as auction[10].
  • Sotheby's comprises Sotheby's New York[11].
  • Sotheby's comprises Sotheby's London[12].
  • Sotheby's comprises Sotheby's Asia[13].
  • 1744 marks the founding of Sotheby's[14].
  • Sotheby's's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.76638888888889, 'lon': -73.95361111111112}[15].
  • Sotheby's's location of formation is recorded as London[16].
  • Sotheby's's significant event is recorded as Sotheby's Agrees to Pay $45 Million Criminal Fine[17].
  • Sotheby's's significant event is recorded as City of Gotha and Federal Republic of Germany v. Sotheby's and Cobert Finance S.A.[18].
  • Sotheby's's significant event is recorded as Avni v Sotheby's[19].
  • Sotheby's's significant event is recorded as PETERS v. Sotheby's[20].
  • Sotheby's's significant event is recorded as lawsuit[21].
  • Sotheby's's significant event is recorded as lawsuit[22].
  • Sotheby's's official website is recorded as https://www.sothebys.com/[23].
  • Sotheby's's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sotheby's[24].
  • Sotheby's's director / manager is recorded as Tad Smith[25].
  • Sotheby's's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1617'}[26].
  • Sotheby's's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+133'}[27].

Body

Founding

1744 marks the founding of Sotheby's[14]. Sotheby's's location of formation is recorded as London[16].

Identity

Sotheby's's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Sotheby's"}[28].

Leadership

Sotheby's's director / manager is recorded as Tad Smith[25].

Operations

Sotheby's's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[7]. Sotheby's's child organization or unit is recorded as Sotheby's International Realty[8].

Industry

Sotheby's's industry is recorded as auction[10].

Ownership

Sotheby's is owned by Patrick Drahi[6].

Why It Matters

Sotheby's has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Sotheby's is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . OpenCorporates. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Artnet News. Retrieved . news.artnet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q12013. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q12013. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . justice.gov. Retrieved . justice.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Court deals blow to trade in looted art. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . casetext.com. Retrieved . casetext.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . law.justia.com. Retrieved . law.justia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . news.artnet.com. Retrieved . news.artnet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . theguardian.com. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Director / manager Tad Smith
    Instance of auction house, production company
    Legal form corporation, privately held company
    Has part(s) Sotheby's New York, Sotheby's London, Sotheby's Asia
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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