A museum view of eBay and Sotheby’s live auction platform. Courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s first live auctions on eBay on April 1 will be a themed Photographs sale to be followed by a New York sale on April 2. Exclusive art and collectibles from Sotheby’s live auctions in New York will become available on eBay to 155 million active buyers. Part of eBay’s new live auctions platform, ebay.com/sothebys is now available for browsing and advance bidding on Sotheby’s unique items.
eBay and Sotheby’s originally announced plans to partner on live auctions last July, and have since worked together to deliver an engaging virtual entrance to Sotheby’s unique inventory. It will be the first use of live streaming audio and video anywhere on eBay. Last week a Tefaf report calculated that internet sales made up 6 per cent of global art sales in 2014 with sales of 3.3 billion euro.