This statistic shows the net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019. Fine art auction house Sotheby's net auction sales, or total hammer price, amounted to approximately 3.92 billion U.S. dollars in 2019, down from the previous year's total of 4.4 billion U.S. dollars.
Net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Sotheby's. (May 13, 2020). Net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/320983/net-auction-sales-of-sothebys/
Sotheby's. "Net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320983/net-auction-sales-of-sothebys/
Sotheby's. (2020). Net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320983/net-auction-sales-of-sothebys/
Sotheby's. "Net Auction Sales of Sotheby's Worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320983/net-auction-sales-of-sothebys/
Sotheby's, Net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320983/net-auction-sales-of-sothebys/ (last visited December 05, 2023)
Net auction sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2009 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sotheby's, May 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/320983/net-auction-sales-of-sothebys/