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Sotheby's ( / ˈsʌðəbiz / SUDH-ə-beez) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, and maintains a significant presence in the UK. [2]
Charlottesville is located in central Virginia along the Rivanna River —a tributary of the James —just west of the Southwest Mountains, a range which parallels the Blue Ridge about 20 miles (32 km) to the west. Charlottesville is 99 miles (159 km) from Washington, D.C., and 72 miles (116 km) from Richmond.
Thomas Jefferson. Anna Anderson – claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia; lived out her final years in Charlottesville. Eva Roberta Coles Boone – African-American educator and missionary to Congo. Kathleen Clifford – silent film, vaudeville and Broadway stage actress; born in Charlottesville. Rita Dove – poet and essayist.
The Mayor of Charlottesville is the president of the City Council in Charlottesville, Virginia. Before 1888, Charlottesville was a town within Albemarle County, Virginia, and the electorate directly chose a mayor in regular elections. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated as a city independent of the county but continued to select its mayors in ...
Famed auction house Sotheby's is no stranger to dealing with huge sums of money. The company recently enjoyed a massive sell-off of Chinese art and sculpture that brought in $540 million. The ...
University Hall was an 8,457-seat multi-purpose arena on the University of Virginia Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia. [1] The arena opened in 1965 as a replacement for Memorial Gym; it was demolished on May 25, 2019, with Ralph Sampson leading the demolition. Like many arenas built at the time, the arena was circular, with a ribbed concrete ...
Sotheby's Institute of Art is a private, for-profit institution of higher education devoted to the study of art and its markets with campuses in London, New York City and online. The institute offers full-time accredited master's degrees as well as a range of postgraduate certificates , summer, semester and online courses, public programmes ...
Main Street from Water Street to East 7th Street and pedestrianized sections of 1st Street, East 2nd Street, East 3rd Street, and East 5th Street. 38°01′47″N 78°28′43″W. / 38.0298°N 78.4785°W / 38.0298; -78.4785 ( Charlottesville Downtown Mall Historic District) 12. Dabney-Thompson House. Dabney-Thompson House.