Sotheby's is a historic fine art auction house that has been a globally recognized leader in art and luxury sales since its founding. Sotheby's's Twitter Score is 204 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #2,561 (top 1%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Sotheby's was founded by Samuel Baker and has grown into one of the world's most prominent auction houses, operating a global network of 80 offices with annual worldwide sales in excess of $7 billion. The house went private in 2019 when acquired by Patrick Drahi, with Charles F. Stewart named as CEO. Sotheby's has built a significant presence in digital art and blockchain-based creativity, holding its Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale in June 2021, which featured CryptoPunk 7523, Art Blocks works, and other crypto artists.
Sotheby's launched Sotheby's Metaverse, a curated peer-to-peer secondary NFT marketplace, with transactions conducted on-chain via Ethereum and Polygon. Sotheby's was formerly affiliated with Decentraland and previously had an affiliation with Samsung. Sotheby's has accumulated 194,075 followers as of July 2026 on Twitter and has published 30,031 posts. Sotheby's has been mentioned by 1,177 accounts a total of 6,328 times.
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