Sotheby's Auction House

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Sotheby's, a world-renowned art auction house. Founded in London, England in 1744 by British Samuel Baker (1778). Renowned for auctioning art and cultural relics. At the beginning, there were two specialized auctions of British literary works held every year, and the auction business continued to expand, involving over 70 varieties.
 
The auction center is located in New York, USA and London, UK, with offices in 90 cities in 40 countries. Regular auctions are held in over 10 locations worldwide every year. After the 1980s, Chinese calligraphy and painting artworks were also auctioned off.
 

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In February 2022, Sotheby's Auction announced that a 15 carat blue diamond would be auctioned at Sotheby's Auction in Hong Kong in April this year, with an expected auction price of up to $48 million (approximately 300 million yuan).
 
In May 2022, Sotheby's Auction announced that a 1955 Mercedes Benz 300 SLR Ulenhot coupe sold for 135 million euros, or approximately 955 million yuan, in early May, making it the most expensive car ever sold globally.
 
On June 8, 2022 local time, two diamonds exceeding 100 carats were exhibited at Sotheby's in New York, USA.
 
On August 31, 2022 local time, Sotheby's auction house displayed a shiny pink diamond called "Williamson Pink Star" in London, UK. This rare pink diamond weighs 11.15 carats and is produced in Tanzania.
 
In September 2022, according to the latest reports from American media, the jersey worn by Michael Jordan in the 1998 NBA Finals G1 sold for a staggering $10.091 million at Sotheby's, breaking the previous record held by Maradona for star souvenir auction prices.