Global sales of Sotheby's 2004-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 18, 2024

Global sales of auction house Sotheby's declined slightly in 2023 compared to the previous year. After peaking at eight billion U.S. dollars in 2022, the highest figure ever reported by the company to date, Sotheby's total sales reached 7.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Meanwhile, global sales of Christie's amounted to over six billion U.S. dollars that year.

Total sales of Sotheby's worldwide from 2004 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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March 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2004 to 2023

Special properties

figures include auction sales and private sales

Supplementary notes

Figures refer to the total hammer price of lots sold at auctions plus the buyer's premium and exclude inventory sales.

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