BNET Industries
Market Cap:$1.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$917.7M
- Public
- US
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Sothebys (or, together with its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires, the Company) is one of the worlds two largest auctioneers of authenticated fine art, antiques and decorative art, jewelry and collectibles. In 2008, Sothebys accounted for $4.9 billion, or 51%, of the total aggregate auction sales of the two major auction houses that comprise the global auction market.
Number of Employees 1,638
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NAICS Code Art Dealers: 453920
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Magna Carta sold for 21.3 million at New York auction
- 2007-12-18
NEW YORK, AFP — One of only 17 existing copies of the Magna Carta, the iconic 800-year-old English royal manuscript setting out the rights of man, sold at auction at Sotheby's Tuesday for 21.3 million dollars. Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned, the vellum manuscript was...
Copy of Magna Carta set for auction in New York
- 2007-12-17
NEW YORK AFP — Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when a copy of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. The royal charter, dated 1297 and bearing the wax seal of...
Magna Carta to go under hammer in New York
- 2007-12-17
NEW YORK AFP — Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. The royal charter, dated 1297 and bearing the wax seal of King Edward I,...
Original Beethoven manuscript goes under the hammer
- 2005-11-23
BERLIN AFP — A long-lost manuscript of one of Beethoven's last works, the Great Fugue, went on display in Germany before auction next week, Sotheby's auction house said. The 81 pages of handwritten music differ from the version printed after the composer died in 1827, allowing the work to...
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