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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)—August 7, 2003


Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Michigan
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  1-9750
(Commission File
Number)
  38-2478409
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


38500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

48304
(Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    (248) 646-2400





Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)
Exhibits
    99.1   Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. earnings press release for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003


Item 12.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

        On August 7, 2003, Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. issued a press release discussing its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003. This press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.



SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

    SOTHEBY'S HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/  
MICHAEL L. GILLIS          
Michael L. Gillis
Senior Vice President,
Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer

 

 


 


 


Date:


August 7, 2003



 


 



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