Tag: Sotheby’s

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Full dinosaur skeleton auctioned for over US$ 6 million

  

  The complete skeleton of a dinosaur that lived at the end of the Cretaceous era has been sold Thursday in a Sotheby's auction in New York for US$ 6.1 million to an anonymous bidder who also purchased the rights to name the fossilized creature at will, it was announced.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 06:36 UTC

  French telecoms billionaire Drahi, buys Sotheby's at US$ 3.7 billion

  

  Sotheby's is being bought by telecoms billionaire Patrick Drahi in a deal valuing the auction house at US$ 3.7bn. The company, which has been on the New York stock market for 31 years, will return to private ownership after a troubled period.