Sotheby is a surname, and may refer to:
* Admiral Sir
Edward Southwell Sotheby (1813–1902), Royal Navy officer
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John Sotheby
John Sotheby (1740 – 1 November 1807) was an English auctioneer who is the eponym of Sotheby's auction house.
Early life
Sotheby was born in 1740 in England to John Sotheby (1703–1775) and Anne Baker. The Sotheby family originally came from Y ...
(1740–1807), English
auctioneer and founder of
Sotheby's
Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...
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Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842), English auctioneer and
antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artefacts, archaeological and historic si ...
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Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805–1861), English auctioneer and antiquarian, son of Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842)
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William Sotheby (1757–1833), English poet and translator
See also
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Sotheby's
Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...
, art and
auction
An auction is usually a process of Trade, buying and selling Good (economics), goods or Service (economics), services by offering them up for Bidding, bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from th ...
corporation named for John Sotheby
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