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In what year was the auction house Sotheby's founded?

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Tyrannosaurus rex ('Gus')

What kind of dinosaur became the most expensive ever sold at auction, in July 2026?

The mounted skeleton, about 67 million years old, came from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota.

Source: Sotheby's sothebys.com

$119,922,500

Edvard Munch's The Scream set a world auction record in 2012. What did it sell for?

At the time it was the highest price for any work of art at auction; it sold at Sotheby's New York on 2 May 2012.

Source: Sotheby's, The History of Sotheby's (2012) sothebys.com

£826

Sotheby's first auction in 1744 raised a grand total of how much?

The sale took place in the Exeter Exchange, a building that later even housed a zoo.

Source: Sotheby's, The History of Sotheby's sothebys.com

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