Sothebys takes over 90 million pounds at London auction
Published February 6th, 2007
Sotheby’s, the world’s second-largest auction house, raised 94.9 million pounds in London’s biggest ever art sale last night. Twenty-three percent of the lots didn’t sell.
Sotheby’s kicked off a week of London auctions with an impressionist and modern sale, valued at 79.3 million pounds to 111.8 million pounds, and about 650 people crowded the rooms on New Bond Street.
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