eBay and Sotheby’s Live Auctions Begin on April 1
March 31 2015 - 5:30AM
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Sotheby’s Exclusive Art and Collectibles Now
Available to eBay’s 155 Million Active Buyers In Real Time Anywhere
Around the Globe
First Sales Feature Remarkable Property,
Highlights Include:
“Photographs” at 10:00am EDT from Vintage
Masters Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray and Weston, to Arbus and Abbott,
Penn and Avedon to Contemporary Photographers Olafur Eliasson, Vik
Muniz, and Carrie Mae Weems
“The New York Sale” 8:00pm EDT features
visual art from the 19th to 21st
centuries, jewelry, and collectibles created in or inspired by
the “City That Never Sleeps”
Sales Mark the Inaugural Sotheby’s live
auctions on eBay.com/sothebys
Tomorrow, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) will
mark the launch of the first live events in the new Sotheby’s live
auctions experience with the themed “Photographs” and “New York”
sales. The experience enables art aficionados and casual collectors
alike to participate in Sotheby’s live auctions anytime, anywhere
with the same confidence and access of those bidding in person in
the New York salesroom.
Terry O'Neill Faye Dunaway at The Beverly
Hills Hotel
The Sotheby’s live auctions destination features high-resolution
images, hosted video capabilities, live streaming audio and video,
and innovative “Museum View” transitions that bring the experience
of walking through a museum or gallery to life in the online world
– including enhanced zoom, in-context images, and item-level video.
The online platform enables eBay’s 155 million active buyers to
log-in and participate in Sotheby’s live-time auctions.
Participants — regardless of their location — see the exact same
item and current real-time bidding online and experience real-time
bidding sensitive to the millisecond, allowing them to bid as if
they were lifting a paddle with every click of the mouse. New
technology debuting within the Sotheby’s live auctions will give
users the first chance to experience crystal clear, live streaming
video and audio from the Sotheby’s floor in New York.
What:
The “Photographs” sale features
works from the 19th Century to Modernism to Post-War eras by many
masters of the medium, including Paul Strand, Lee Friedlander,
László Moholy-Nagy, and Man Ray
Where:
http://www.ebay.com/clt/collectibles-live-events/photographs-562422
When:
April 1, 2015 at 10 a.m. Eastern
What:
“The New York Sale” is inspired by
and celebrates the city through Prints, Photographs, Paintings,
Sculptures, Silver, Books and Jewelry as well as iconic New York
memorabilia such as the monumental sign atop Yankee Stadium from
1976–2008. The 13 letters – each 10 feet tall – are being auctioned
together as a single lot, and are on offer from the collection of
Yankee legend Reggie “Mr. October” Jackson
.
Where:
http://www.ebay.com/clt/collectibles-live-events/the-new-york-sale-551021
When:
April 1, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
For additional information on all upcoming auctions, visit:
http://www.ebay.com/clt/sothebys/upcoming. Please note that all
first time participants will need to register 24 hours in
advance.
For multimedia assets, visit here.
About eBay Marketplaces
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connecting people with the things they need and love virtually
anytime, anywhere. eBay has 155 million active buyers globally and
more than 800 million live individual and merchant listings at any
given time. With mobile apps available in 190 countries, eBay
delivers a personalized shopping experience and seamless access to
inventory from down the street and around the world. Tailored
shopping experiences customize buying and selling; and eBay
provides variety and choice for sellers by enabling them to offer
goods through online, mobile and local channels to consumers around
the world. For more information, visit www.ebay.com.
About Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s has been uniting collectors with world-class works of
art since 1744. Sotheby’s became the first international auction
house when it expanded from London to New York (1955), the first to
conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973) and France (2001), and the first
international fine art auction house in China (2012). Today,
Sotheby’s presents auctions in eight different salesrooms,
including New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris. Sotheby’s offers
collectors the resources of Sotheby’s Financial Services, the
world’s only full-service art financing company, as well as private
sale opportunities in more than 70 categories, including S|2, the
gallery arm of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art department, as well as
Sotheby’s Diamonds and Sotheby’s Wine. Sotheby’s has a global
network of 90 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (BID).
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which is itself protected by separate copyright. Sotheby’s makes no
representations as to whether the underlying subject matter is
subject to its own copyright, or as to who might hold such
copyright. It is the borrower's responsibility to obtain any
relevant permissions from the holder(s) of any applicable copyright
and Sotheby’s supplies this image expressly subject to this
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way.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available:
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eBayKari Ramirez, 408-376-8023press@ebay.comorSotheby’sLauren
Gioia, 212-606-7176Lauren.Gioia@sothebys.com
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