Sotheby's Reopens in Breuer Building

November 11 2025

Video: Sotheby's

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The auction house Sotheby's have just reopened their New York headquarters in the brutalist Breuer building at 945 Madison Avenue. The video above provides a tour of the site. Highlights of the upcoming sales held within the new site will include Gustav Klimt's $150m+ Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer on 18th November and a $10m golden toilet, Maurizio Cattelan's America, on 19th November.

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