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Sotheby
Sotheby is a surname, and may refer to: * Admiral Sir Edward Southwell Sotheby (1813–1902), Royal Navy officer * John Sotheby (1740–1807), English auctioneer and founder of Sotheby's * Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842), English auctioneer and antiquarian * Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805–1861), English auctioneer and antiquarian, son of Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842) * William Sotheby (1757–1833), English poet and translator See also * Sotheby's, art and auction corporation named for John Sotheby {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Southwell Sotheby
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Edward Southwell Sotheby (14 May 1813 – 6 January 1902) was an English naval officer in the Royal Navy. Early life and education Sotheby was born at Clifton, Bristol, the second son of Admiral of the Blue Thomas Sotheby (1759–1831), and his second wife, Lady Mary Anne (d. 1830), fourth daughter of Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo and Archbishop of Tuam. The poet William Sotheby (1757–1833) was his uncle and Rear-Admiral Charles Sotheby his cousin. He was from the southern branch of the famed Sotheby's, Sotheby family from Yorkshire, which found success as auctioneers. He attended the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, entering the Royal Navy on 3 August 1826, aged 13. Career Sotheby passed the Royal Navy examination in 1832 before going to sea. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant, 3 October 1835. He served on during the 1840 operations off the coast of Syria during the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841)#Naval interventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sotheby
John Sotheby (1740 – 1 November 1807) was an English auctioneer, who is the eponym of the famous auction house Sotheby's. Background Auction house Baker and Leigh, was founded in London on 11 March 1744, He was the nephew of Samuel Baker, who was the founder of the book auctioneering firm which later became Sotheby's. After his uncle's death in 1778, John became a partner in his book auctioneering firm along with George Leigh. He expanded the scope of business of the firm to include the sale of prints, medals, coins, and rare antiquities apart from book He died on 1 November 1807 in Chigwell. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sotheby, John English businesspeople 1740 births 1807 deaths English auctioneers Sotheby family, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auctioneer
An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition exist and are described in the section about different types. The branch of economic theory dealing with auction types and participants' behavior in auctions is called auction theory. The open ascending price auction is arguably the most common form of auction and has been used throughout history. Participants bid openly against one another, with each subsequent bid being higher than the previous bid. An auctioneer may announce prices, while bidders submit bids vocally or electronically. Auctions are applied for trade in diverse contexts. These contexts include antiques, paintings, rare collectibles, expensive wines, commodities, livestock, radio spectrum, used cars, real estate, online advertising, vacation packages, emission trading, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotheby's
Sotheby's () is a British-founded American multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, and maintains a significant presence in the UK. Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Samuel Baker, a bookseller. In 1767 the firm became Baker & Leigh, after George Leigh became a partner, and was renamed to Leigh and Sotheby in 1778 after Baker's death when Leigh's nephew, John Sotheby, inherited Leigh's share. Other former names include: Leigh, Sotheby and Wilkinson; Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (1864–1924); Sotheby and Company (1924–83); Mssrs Sotheby; Sotheby & Wilkinson; Sotheby Mak van Waay; and Sotheby's & Co. The American holding company was initially incorporated in August 1983 in Michigan as Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. In June 2006, it was reincorporated in the State of Delaware and was renamed Sotheby's. In Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Sotheby
Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842) was an English auctioneer and antiquary. Background Samuel Sotheby's uncle, John Sotheby (1740–1807), was partner and nephew of Samuel Baker, who founded at York Street, Covent Garden, in 1744 the first English sale-exclusively for books, manuscripts, and prints. In 1774 Baker took George Leigh into partnership, and from 1775 to 1777 the firm was styled S. Baker & G. Leigh. After 1778, when Baker died, Leigh carried on the business alone, but from 1780 to 1800 John Sotheby (Baker's nephew) was associated with him, and the firm was known as Leigh & Sotheby. Career The firm became Leigh, Sotheby, & Son in 1800, when John Sotheby's nephew Samuel joined it, and so continued till 1803. After 1803, and until the death of Leigh in 1815, the firm carried on their business at a new address, 145 Strand. John Sotheby died in 1807, and on Leigh's death, eight years later, Samuel continued the concern by himself, moving to 3 Waterloo Street, Strand, about 1817. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), 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 artifact (archaeology), artifacts, History of archaeology, archaeological and historic Archaeological site, sites, or historic archives and manuscripts. The essence of antiquarianism is a focus on the empirical evidence of the past, and is perhaps best encapsulated in the motto adopted by the 18th-century antiquary Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, "We speak from facts, not theory." The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' first cites "archaeologist" from 1824; this soon took over as the usual term for one major branch of antiquarian activity. "Archaeology", from 1607 onwards, initially meant what is now seen as "ancient history" generally, with the narrower modern sense first seen in 1837. Today the term "antiquarian" is often used in a pejorative sense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Leigh Sotheby
Samuel Sotheby (31 August 1805 – 19 June 1861) was an English auctioneer and antiquary. Background He was born on 31 August 1805 in Hampstead, London, the son of Samuel Sotheby (1771–1842). Career The firm became Leigh, Sotheby, & Son in 1800, when John Sotheby's nephew Samuel joined it, and so continued till 1803. After 1803, and until the death of Leigh in 1815, the firm carried on their business at a new address, 145 Strand. John Sotheby died in 1807, and on Leigh's death, eight years later, Samuel continued the concern by himself, moving to 3 Wellington Street, Strand, about 1817. Soon afterwards he took his son Samuel Leigh Sotheby into partnership, and in 1826 Messrs. Sotheby & Son printed a ''Catalogue of the Collections sold by Messrs. Baker, Leigh, & Sotheby from 1744 to 1826''. He died on 19 June 1861, drowning in the River Dart near Buckfastleigh Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway ( A38) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sotheby
William Sotheby FRS (9 November 175730 December 1833) was an English poet and translator. He was born into a wealthy London family, the son of Col. William and Elizabeth (née Sloan) Sotheby, and was educated at Harrow School and the Military Academy, Angers, France before joining the army at 17, where he served for six years until his marriage in 1780, when he devoted himself to literature. Sotheby then became a prominent figure in London literary society. His wealth enabled him to play the part of patron to many struggling authors, and his friends included Walter Scott, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Robert Southey, Arthur Hallam, and Thomas Moore. He published a few dramas and books of poems that had limited success; his reputation rests upon his translations of the ''Oberon'' of Christoph Martin Wieland, the ''Georgics'' of Virgil, and the ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'' by Homer. The last two were begun when he was over 70, but he lived to complete them. His ''Georgics'' in par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
