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Sotheby's

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Sotheby & Co.: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson and Charles Sayle, 1921

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1334-1335
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Sotheby's, 1957-1972

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8238/4
Scope and Contents

Removed from Carter's folder labelled 'Sotheby's Miscellaneous papers'. Included are mostly internal letters, clippings, and memoranda. These include a typescript of 5 pages captioned 'History of Sotheby's' (undated); a report on Sotheby's department of books and manuscripts for 1957-8; and a press release on his retirement Carter set up Sotheby's American office in New York in 1955. He remained with the firm in London from 1956 until his retirement as an Associate Director in 1972.

Dates: 1957-1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).