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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

March 3, 2010
(Date of report)

March 1, 2010
(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 March 1, 2010, Sotheby’s, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release discussing its results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009. 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 year ended December 31, 2009.
 

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,
    Controller and Chief
    Accounting Officer
     
  Date: March 3, 2010
     

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.   Description  
       
99.1     Sotheby’s earnings press release for the year ended December 31, 2009.