#AuctionUpdate
Monkey Business 🐒🍌:
#Banksy
’s monumental painting of the House of Commons overrun with parliamentary primates sells to applause at £9,879,500 - 9 times its previous record - after a 13 minute bidding battle.
Bored Ape Yacht Club and Bored Ape Kennel Club have paved the way for what NFT art communities can be. Whether it’s your online identity, a shared culture, or you just want to ape in...the
@BoredApeYC
sale starts September 2. Details here:
#AuctionUpdate
: ‘Juin-Octobre 1985’, the largest work by Franco-Chinese artist Zao Wou-Ki, sold for HK$510m / US$65m: world auction record for Zao Wou-Ki, world auction record for an oil painting by an Asian artist, most valuable painting sold by any auction house in
#HongKong
#AuctionUpdate
101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs just sold for $24.4 million and 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs achieved $1.8 million in our Ape in! auction - the most significant
#BAYC
sale to date. Congrats to all the apes out there 🐵🐶
Moments ago in our
#London
saleroom, an extremely rare “Alien” CryptoPunk
#7523
from the collection of
@sillytuna
sold for $11.8M as part of our
#NativelyDigital
NFT auction – setting a new world auction record for a single CryptoPunk.
'Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale' features a selection of extraordinary digital artworks. Community is vital to the growth of the NFT space, so we are opening up the 28th auction lot to an NFT artist of the community’s choice.
⬇️ Read on for details of how to nominate ⬇️
The 1972 Nike Waffle Racing Flat 'Moon Shoe,' the last remaining pair in Sotheby's Stadium Goods: the Ultimate Sneaker Collection, achieved $437,500 earlier today, setting a new world auction record for a pair of sneakers.
#SothebysStadiumGoods
From now until May 20 at 12:00pm ET, nominate your favorite artist (or yourself!)
1. Reply to this tweet and tag the artist
2. Link or attach one of your favorite artworks from them
3. Follow Sotheby’s
4. Use the hashtag
#NativelyDigital
In 1989, British computer scientist
@timberners_lee
invented the World Wide Web in a moment that changed the world forever. Now, Sir Tim will offer the source code for the Web as an NFT in a historic one-off sale. Thread below (1/4)
#ThisChangedEverything
#AuctionUpdate
"The Enigma": This 555.55 carat Black Diamond sold today for £3,161,000 / $4,292,322. The buyer has opted to use cryptocurrency for the purchase.
#SothebysJewels
200 exclusive
@LouisVuitton
and
@Nike
“Air Force 1” sneakers by Virgil Abloh sold today for a total of $25.3 million in a record-breaking auction benefiting Abloh’s Post Modern Scholarship Fund.
#LVandNike
What is
#FearlessNow
? We invited
@asvpxrocky
and
@aiww
to answer this very question. Watch these two distinct and creative forces share the same frame in an exclusive video: Music:
@NIIA
.
The clock⏱️is winding down on your chance to ape in. Our Bored Ape Yacht Club and Bored Ape Kennel Club auction closes for bidding tomorrow, 9 September at 10AM ET. Place your bids 👇
Can’t knock the hustle. In celebration of JAY-Z’s pioneering and landmark debut album, ‘Reasonable Doubt’, Sotheby’s is offering an NFT of original digital art by critically admired American artist
@derrickadamsny
. 1/3
Introducing Sotheby's Metaverse, a dedicated platform for collectors of digital art, offering a highly curated selection of NFTs handpicked by our specialists. Join
@sothebysverse
!
#AuctionUpdate
: Amedeo Modigliani’s 1917 masterpiece ‘Nu couché’ sells for $157.2 million – the highest auction price in Sotheby’s history
#SothebysImpMod
#AuctionUpdate
: New world auction record for Claude Monet and for any work of Impressionist Art. An undisputed masterpiece from his acclaimed Haystacks Series, ‘Meules’ from 1890, sells for $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York.
Gotham has a new curator in town. Robert Pattinson lends his eye to Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Auction in New York, selecting his favorite works by artists such as Willem de Kooning, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Richard Serra, Julie Mehretu and more:
CryptoPunks get the Sotheby's treatment. Our next
#SothebysMetaverse
sale 'Punk It! 104 CryptoPunks. 1 Lot.' will be a landmark LIVE Evening Auction on February 23. A truly historic sale for an undeniably historic NFT project.
Actor
@amitasuman_
has taken up a new role this spring. Delving into her passion for the visual arts, Suman has collaborated with
#SothebysLondon
on the ‘Contemporary Curated’ auction, open for bidding online until 18 April.
Read more:
A 10-second sneak peek of famed director
#WongKarWai
’s first ever
#NFT
creation, to be offered in Hong Kong this October. The short film contains never-before-seen footage from his critically acclaimed movie “In The Mood For Love” (2000).
Sold! Mario Klingemann's pioneering Artificial Intelligence artwork sells to an online bidder for £40,000 in the artist's auction debut 🤖
#SothebysContemporary
@quasimondo
#AuctionUpdate
: Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece Young Man Holding a Roundel, one of the most significant portraits of any period ever to appear at auction, and a defining work of the Florentine Renaissance achieves $92.2 million -- a new auction record for the artist
#AuctionUpdate
: The iconic ‘Composition No. II’ by Piet Mondrian has set the artist’s new record, achieving an astounding $51 million.
#SothebysModern
#AuctionUpdate
Gustav Klimt’s last great masterpiece ‘Dame mit Fächer’ (1917-18) soars to $108.4m / £85.3m at
#SothebysLondon
, setting a new auction record for the most valuable painting ever sold at auction in Europe.
#SothebysModern
#AuctionUpdate
Freddie Mercury’s Yamaha G2 Baby Grand Piano—which he used to compose hits such as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and considered as an extension of himself—sells for £1.7m, setting a record for a composer's piano
#AuctionUpdate
The last ensemble that Freddie Mercury wore on stage with Queen at Knebworth Park in England in 1986, Mercury's signature crown and cloak soars to more than 10x its low estimate at £635k
Attention
#aespa
fans: Bidding on the Altars Editions is still open for a limited time. These digital depictions of each
@aespa_official
member as an altar by artist
@blakekathryn
represent each member’s signature iconography—like Winter’s star.
#aegirls
#AuctionUpdate
: Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece Femme à la montre (1932) realizes $139.4m—the second highest ever achieved for the artist at auction, and the most valuable work sold at auction this year.
#TheFisherLandauLegacy
The fourth edition of
#NativelyDigital
is here, celebrating the digital art that has become recognized as blue-chip collectibles and the most sought after PFPs, including
@deekaymotion
’s final compilation in the LetsWalk series.
Announcing 'Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale'–an online sale that brings together a group survey of the leading NFT artists. Open for bidding from 3-10 June, the auction features the rare Alien CryptoPunk
#7523
from the collection of
@sillytuna
& more
We're excited to announce the launch of the Sotheby's Gallery in
@decentraland
🌍
Located in the Voltaire Art District, the Sotheby's Gallery is a replica of our iconic London Gallery. Come visit & view the
#NativelyDigital
NFT sale, open for bidding now!
Among Diego Velázquez’s most important contributions to art history are his royal portraits—and now his full-length portrait of Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain comes to market for the first time in half a century at
#SothebysNewYork
next February.
🚨‘Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale’ is NOW open for bidding! And tomorrow the multi-venue global exhibition in partnership with
@Samsung
&
@SamsungUS
will open in our galleries in
#NYC
, London, Hong Kong and across the metaverse.
Bid & browse👉
#AuctionUpdate
: Mark Rothko’s 'Untitled' from 1968 soars to $23.9m, setting a new record for a work on paper by the artist. Proceeds from the sale will benefit
@MemphisBrooks
Museum.
#SothebysModern
A record-breaking day. Michael Jordan's iconic 1998 NBA Finals 'The Last Dance' jersey has sold for $10.1 million, setting records for a basketball jersey, any game-worn sports memorabilia, and most valuable
#MichaelJordan
item ever sold at auction.
#AuctionUpdate
: Tonight's historic sale of The 'Official Edition' of The United States Constitution soared to a record-breaking $43.2 million, with all proceeds benefiting the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation's educational programs for students.
Not only is Nigerian-born
@mreazi
one of the hottest independent Afrobeats artists working today, he is also a thoughtful collector. Browse his top
#SothebysCTPAfrican
picks here: .
#AuctionUpdate
Attributed to Master John, this portrait of Queen Katherine Parr is one of only two surviving near contemporary paintings of Katherine. Almost 200 years since it was last offered at auction, the work soars to £3,436,000, 4x its high estimate.
#SothebysOldMasters
We are excited to announce the first ever single-owner NFT live auction, celebrating the amazing collection of
@MaxStealth5
. The anonymous collector's incredible eye is reflected by the scope of works by
@XCOPYART
,
@beeple
,
@Hackatao
,
@3LAU
and many more:
#AuctionUpdate
: Claude Monet’s magnificent Coin du bassin aux nymphéas from 1918 soars to $50.8M, following a 4-minute bidding battle. The late masterpiece displaying the artist’s famous waterlilies in his Giverny garden appeared at auction for the first time in nearly 25 years.
Today we announced ‘The Fungible’ Collection, by world-renowned digital artist
@muratpak
. The highly anticipated NFT artworks will be offered through a novel multi-day drop on
@niftygateway
from 12-14 April.
Stay tuned for ongoing updates👇
Alongside Sebastião Salgado's Magnum Opus selling exhibition happening now at Sotheby's New York,
@Sothebysverse
presents the renowned photographer's first-ever NFT collection comprised of 5,000 unique photographs.
It's your last chance to see Banksy’s newly titled ‘Love is in the Bin’, on view in our London galleries today from noon until 5pm. Final entry is at 4.40pm
#LoveIsInTheBin
#Banksy
Newly titled ‘Love is in the Bin’, the piece has become the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction.
#LoveIsInTheBin
#Banksy
‘Love is in the Bin’ will be on view to the public in Sotheby’s
#London
galleries on Saturday and Sunday 13th and 14th October from noon until 5pm. Final entry to the galleries at 4.40pm.
#LoveIsInTheBin
#Banksy
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), beloved the world over, has an inimitable legacy with a reign spanning over seventy years. Among the great patrons of the arts, the Queen was also inspiration to many of the leading artists of our time, not least Lucian Freud.
Bored Ape
#8177
, Rare Pepe break records in our
#NativelyDigital
1.2 sale, purchased by Meta4 Capital along with Mitchell F Chan's "Digital Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility.”
Did you know ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was originally titled ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?
Written entirely by Freddie Mercury, a never-before-seen early draft reveals untold insights into one of the greatest pop songs of the 20th century.
Read more:
#AuctionUpdate
⚠️Banksy’s ‘Show me the Monet’, a mischievous twist on Claude Monet’s masterpiece, soars past its estimate to bring £7,551,600 / $9,814,353 after an 8 minute bidding battle.⚠️
When the submission period ends, we will look at who the community has submitted the most and reach out to the artist to discuss and confirm their participation.
More information about the sale can be found here:
👇 Submit away! 👇
Still standing on an easel in Gustav Klimt’s studio at the time of the artist’s unexpected and untimely death in February 1918, ‘Dame mit Fächer’ brings together all the technical prowess and creative exuberance that define Klimt’s greatest work.
#AuctionUpdate
: In a groundbreaking auction first for physical artworks, auctioneer Oliver Barker fielded real-time bids in $ETH for Banksy’s ‘Trolley Hunters’ and ‘Love Is In The Air.’
#AuctionUpdate
: One of Vincent van Gogh’s finest flower paintings, ‘Fleurs dans un verre’ from 1890 sells for $16 million. Executed at the height of his artistic powers, the work is one of the final canvases that Van Gogh painted just days before his untimely death in July 1890.
#AuctionUpdate
: A testament to the impressive scale, quality, and complexity of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s best works, ‘Self-Portrait as a Heel (Part Two)’ has sold for $42M
#SothebysContemporary