LEGENDARY GRIFFITH COLLECTION INCLUDES SOME OF THE WORLD’S RAREST ROBOTS AND SPACE TOYS

--RARE, POSSIBLY ONE-OF-A-KIND MEGO MAN ROBOT ESTIMATED TO BRING $50/70,000--

-LIVE AUCTION OF ROBOTS AND ANTIQUE TOYS FROM THE ESTATE OF F.H. GRIFFITH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF THEMATIC INTERNET SALES OFFERED ON SOTHEBYS.COM-

MAGNIFICENT JEWELS FROM THE COLLECTION OF H. H. BEGUM SULTAN MOHAMED SHAH AGA KHAN SELL FOR AN OUTSTANDING SF8,058,100 ($4,559,553 £3,184,893)

- Nine Month Revenues of $254.7 Million

- Third Quarter Revenues of $42.6 Million

- Auction Sales of $123.1 Million Achieved at Impressionist Evening Sale and $43.1 Million at Contemporary Evening Sale

- Nine Month Revenues of $254.7 Million

- Third Quarter Revenues of $42.6 Million

- Auction Sales of $123.1 Million Achieved at Impressionist Evening Sale and $43.1 Million at Contemporary Evening Sale

- ROTHKO’S NO.2 (BLUE, RED AND GREEN) SELLS FOR $11,005,750 -

- 13 AUCTION RECORDS SET-

- COLLECTION OF LANNAN FOUNDATION BRINGS $7,757,500 -

(Beryl Crystals, left: Heliodor, Brazil, est. $200/250,000, right: Aquamarine, Brazil, est. $270/300,000)

-- MINERAL COLLECTION WILL BE SOLD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY OF JOSEPH A. FREILICH ON JANUARY 11 AND 12, 2001 --

-- MINERALS AND BOOKS WILL BE EXHIBITED IN CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON, PARIS, MUNICH, COLOGNE AND NEW YORK --

Sotheby’s Christmas Wine Sale features magnificent Champagne and other vinous delights

UNMATCHED SELECTION OF ART AND ANTIQUES NOW AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS IN DENMARK, FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

AUCTION RECORDS ESTABLISHED FOR WORKS BY MATISSE, MAILLOL AND MORISOT

MONUMENTAL MANET SELLS FOR $20.9 MILLION

22 WORKS SELL FOR MORE THAN $1 MILLION

— Including objects from the Collection of Dr. Eli B. and Aimee Cohen —

To Be Sold November 20, 2000 at Sotheby’s New York

A Teotihuacan Mask, Classic, ca. A.D. 450-650, est. $75/95,000

To be sold at Sotheby’s in London

To be sold at Sotheby’s in London

— Navajo Textiles from the Collection of John L. Ernst —

To Be Sold at Sotheby’s New York November 29, 2000

(Greek pottery Olpe from the Geometric Period, dating to the 8th century B.C)

THE HIGHEST PRICES FETCHED FOR:

CHINESE PORCELAIN

CHINESE GLASS

QING BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN

ENAMEL WARE

CHINESE BRONZE FIGURES

— Tamayo Masterpiece, Sandias (est. $900,000/1.2million) —
— Miniature Frida Kahlo self-portrait comes to the market for the first time —
— Exceptional Diego Rivera oils, watercolors and drawings —
— Earliest known oil painting of São Paulo, Brazil —