What Sotheby's is known for
The Paris house of the 1744 London-founded auction firm, now headquartered on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in a five-storey Art Deco building with a 200-seat saleroom, holding sales across Old Masters, Impressionist and contemporary art, jewels, watches and design.
Sotheby's traces its founding to 1744 in London, making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating auction houses. Its Paris operation is headquartered at 83 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the city's fashion and luxury district, in a five-storey, roughly 3,300-square-metre Art Deco building that the house opened as its new Parisian flagship in October 2024, replacing its previous Paris premises. The building was designed with Architecturestudio and Sotheby's own team led by Mario Tavella and houses a 200-seat, 240-square-metre auction room finished in Burgundy stone, eucalyptus wood and solid brass, alongside exhibition galleries, private-sale spaces and event areas. From this saleroom Sotheby's conducts the Paris Sales, its recurring series of auctions covering Old Masters, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art, Asian art, decorative arts and design, as well as fine jewels and watches, and periodic selling exhibitions such as its Paris Edit series. As an auction house rather than a fixed-price retailer, Sotheby's Paris deals in consigned works and objects brought to market by individual sellers and estates, with sale calendars and lots published ahead of each auction on its website.
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