Sotheby's on Instagram: "Do you think Jane Austen would have loved social media? Sotheby’s @kalika.a.sands and Fiona Stafford, Professor of English at Oxford and historical consultant for Netflix’s upcoming Pride and Prejudice adaptation, consider whether she’d be chronically online – and even draw a comparison to none other than Taylor Swift. Now open for bidding, ‘By a Lady’ celebrates women who have pushed creative and intellectual boundaries over the last 250 years and features books, manusc

Art Collector Club on Instagram: "This fall, Sotheby’s will inaugurate its new global headquarters in New York’s historic Breuer Building with the landmark sale of The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, a once-in-a-generation assembly of 20th-century masterpieces. The centerpiece of the 24-lot evening sale on November 18 is Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, offered at auction for the first time alongside two of his rare Attersee landscapes. The collection also includes six important sculp

Sotheby's on Instagram: "Worn by one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, this historic Wilt Chamberlain jersey from the 1968-69 NBA season bore witness to the only convergence of two of the NBA’s great early rivalries: the personal rivalry between Wilt and Boston’s Bill Russell, and the team rivalry that had emerged between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. Photomatched to two NBA Finals games, Wilt wore this jersey in game six, which saw him play every second and record eight