Our Heritage

In the heart of London on New Bond Street in 1744, an exceptional auction house was born with a revered tradition of marketing the world's most cherished possessions. A tradition, more than two centuries old, that provides authentic knowledge comparable to none. As the oldest company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (BID), Sotheby's has a global network of 90 offices in 40 countries. Today, Sotheby's presents auctions in eight different salesrooms including New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris. Sotheby's offers collectors the resources of Sotheby's Financial Services, the world's only full service art financing company as well as private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories, including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Department, and two retail businesses, Sotheby's Diamonds and Sotheby's Wine.

In 1976, an exceptional real estate company was launched and created from the same passion that guides the Sotheby's Auction House. With the vision of becoming a commanding presence in the representation of the world's most unique properties, it is the Sotheby's International Realty® brand that strives to represent all those who consider themselves the "Connoisseurs of Life," and to represent the distinctive properties they so desire.

Global Network

Sotheby’s International Realty's online distribution of property listings is exclusive to our global brand and we have partnered with top-tiered publications and media channels. This means unparalleled access to worldwide websites everywhere the consumer is online. It’s the added value that our truly global brand offers - at no extra cost - the Sotheby’s International Realty advantage.

At the core of the brand’s strategy are the relationships with pre-eminent media powerhouses in both the print and online arenas including: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph Media Group, Google, Architectural Digest, Mansion Global, the Hong Kong Tatler and the Financial Times. These relationships were developed to showcase unique properties from the Sotheby’s International Realty® brand’s 880 offices in 69 countries and territories through unique, media-rich advertising units that offer an immersive experience and position the brand in front of a relevant audience of consumers worldwide. Several relationships feature elements that are exclusive to the Sotheby’s International Realty brand.

To measure results, the brand provides a property report including view and inquiry statistics for each partner site to effectively illustrate the activity a property receives online. The properties are viewed an astounding 265,000,000 times across all of our partner sites annually.