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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

November 12, 2008
(Date of report)

November 7, 2008
(Date of earliest event reported)

Sotheby’s
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

1334 York Avenue
New York, NY
10021
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(212) 606-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On November 7, 2008, Sotheby’s, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release discussing its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. This press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c) Exhibits

          99.1      Sotheby’s earnings press release for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008.

 

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
 
 
  By: /s/ Kevin M. Delaney
 
    Kevin M. Delaney
    Senior Vice President, Corporate
    Controller and Chief
    Accounting Officer
 
  Date: November 12, 2008

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 Sotheby’s earnings press release for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008.