Sotheby’s is the oldest international fine art auctioneer in the world, where the auction of multi-million-dollar works of art creates as much excitement as celebrity sales. Numerous high-profile celebrity auctions have included the collections of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Katharine Hepburn. And in 2007, the worldwide headquarters in New York held an array of exciting sales with property that spanned the centuries. The Magna Carta sold for more than $21 million, and the Guennol Lioness brought more than $57 million, a record for an antiquity and sculpture at auction.
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