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Sotheby's
About Sotheby's
Selling at Sotheby's means one of two jobs: winning property from collectors to sell at auction or privately, or selling the Sotheby's name to other brands. On the property side, Wines & Spirits wants a Head of Auction Sales for the Americas who secures consignments against a personal revenue target, gives estimates, inspects cellars and hosts clients at tastings and dinners, plus an early-career Associate Specialist who sells fixed-price bottles by email, phone and in person and works selected Saturdays in the retail store; the Luxury division is hiring a Head of Private Sales for Watches to originate and close private deals with collectors, dealers and advisors, advertised in both Switzerland and London. The Brand Partnerships team, reporting to a Global Head of Partnerships in New York, sells custom marketing deals across digital and print media, events and commerce to luxury, technology, finance, automotive, hospitality, real estate and travel brands, and has two seats open: a senior manager focused on carmakers and a partnership development manager, both prospecting, pitching, negotiating and owning the contract and invoice. The remaining two are support seats, a business operations manager who runs valuations and private sales workflow for Impressionist and Modern art, and a strategy and operations manager inside Global Business Development, the group rebuilding the technology and data behind client coverage. Six of the eight sales openings are in New York, from a board of 62 postings.
Typical pay, live
, SalesJobs.Now shows 6 open Sotheby's sales roles; the postings mostly run from $105k to $158k a year, with $115k in the middle.
Sotheby's sales openings
Board read 2 Nov 2026, 10:08 UTCComparable sales openings elsewhere
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Sotheby's as an employer
Auction house for art, luxury goods and wine whose sales hiring sits almost entirely in New York, split between property sourcing and brand partnerships. Posted pay: $105k–$158k/yr, midpoint $115k/yr.
Hiring now, with pay read from the salaries its own postings state6 sales openings at Sotheby's, as its own board showed them 2 Nov 2026.
Base salary with a discretionary bonus and benefits on Sotheby's payroll; the wine auction head carries an individual revenue target, and no posting describes a commission plan.
Pay at Sotheby's
From today's postings, 2 Nov 2026Midpoint $115k/yr across 4 openings with posted pay. Posted figures range from $70k/yr to $170k/yr.
Based on 4 distinct posted pay ranges, at this company, every range put on a yearly basis (a rate per hour × 2,080 hours). 2 of the 6 openings here list no pay.
| Sales role | Openings | Typical base | Top posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE | 4 | $70k–$170k/yr2 salaries | $170k/yr |
| Partner sales | 2 | $100k–$130k/yr2 salaries | $130k/yr |
Best-paid Sotheby's openings on the board
All 6 of its openings, sorted by pay- $150,000–$170,000/yr
Senior Global Partnerships Manager, Automotive (shows the role here)
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$100,000–$130,000/yrPartnership Development Manager (shows the role here)
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$100,000–$130,000/yr- $70,000–$80,000/yr
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Is Sotheby's a good company to sell for?
Auction house for art, luxury goods and wine whose sales hiring sits almost entirely in New York, split between property sourcing and brand partnerships.
Is Sotheby's still an active employer?
Yes. Auction house for art, luxury goods and wine whose sales hiring sits almost entirely in New York, split between property sourcing and brand partnerships. How its pay is structured: Base salary with a discretionary bonus and benefits on Sotheby's payroll; the wine auction head carries an individual revenue target, and no posting describes a commission plan.
What does a sales job at Sotheby's pay?
On Sotheby's's board today, the 4 openings that post pay put the typical band at $105k–$158k/yr and the midpoint at $115k/yr. Posted figures range from $70k/yr up to $170k/yr.
Is selling for Sotheby's worth it?
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How is Sotheby's's sales comp put together?
Base salary with a discretionary bonus and benefits on Sotheby's payroll; the wine auction head carries an individual revenue target, and no posting describes a commission plan.
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