Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby's History

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Published by Phaidon to celebrate Sotheby’s landmark move to the iconic Breuer building in New York, Icons offers an intimate look into the auction house’s storied heritage through one hundred of the most significant works to pass across its sales floor. From a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton to Maurizio Cattelan’s boundary-pushing duct-taped banana, each featured masterpiece is presented in large-format imagery paired with behind-the-scenes insights, archival photos, and commentary from Sotheby’s leading specialists.

Across its pages, rediscover pivotal milestones in art history—spanning masterpieces by Mark Rothko, Gustav Klimt, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvador Dalí, and Louise Bourgeois, alongside design triumphs and legendary horological marvels by Patek Philippe.



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  • A personal handwritten note, sealed with our signature wax stamp.
  • Hand-delivered across London, and shipped worldwide.


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