Variant Title:
Sotheby & Co. catalogues of sales
Sotheby catalogues
Sotheby's, catalogues of sales
Notes:
Part 1-5 (1734-1980) on microfilm; pt. 6- (1981- ) on microfiche.
Title on microfilm containers: Sotheby catalogues; microfiche header: Sotheby's : catalogues of sales.
Firm name varies: Sotheby and Son; S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson; Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge; Sotheby & Co.; Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.; Sotheby's.
Publisher varies slightly.
Part 1-6 accompanied by guides published by: Xerox University Microfilms in association with Sotheby Parke-Bernet Publications (publishers and firm name vary slightly).
Most early catalogs annotated with prices and names of buyers; some later catalogs include price lists.
CMGL has the Guides only.
A brief guide to auction catalogs issued by Sothebys. Parts I-V do not contain a guide to title or to name of collection, but are strictly an index to date and basic contents; Part VI is divided into 2 sections: New York and London, with information as to date, title, catalog number and general subject(s).
Glass falls into category III: Art objects.
Contents:
pt. 1. 1734-1850 --
pt. 2. 1851-1900 --
pt. 3. 1901-1945 --
pt. 4. 1946-1970 --
pt. 5. 1971-1980 --
pt. 6. 1981-1990.