Auction house Sotheby’s is going private after acquisition by French billionaire Patrick Drahi

    Billionaire telecommunications executive and art collector Patrick Drahi acquired auction house Sotheby’s. After more than 30 years as a public company, Sotheby’s returns to private ownership. Patrick Drahi offered $3.7 billion for the 250-year-old auction house. The transaction would result in Sotheby’s returning to private ownership after 31 years as a public company … Read more

Fine Art Society sale to include works by Whistler, Gluck and Peter Blake

The gallery, priced out of New Bond Street after 142 years, is auctioning more than 300 works