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The threads it sat in

The idea that connected each episode's stories, latest first.

• Tue 27 Oct 2026Brands are giving customers more reasons to stay
• Wed 21 Oct 2026Brands now borrow stages, not shop floors
• Thu 1 Oct 2026Data about bodies becomes the premium product class
• Tue 26 May 2026Heritage stopped being backstory. Now it earns margin

Every episode

• Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Ep 235Monet's Iris sold for €50 million at Sotheby's, a French auction record.Via Surface Magazine · Art and Photography
• Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Ep 231Sotheby's shows nearly $150 million of art inside a private Paris apartment.The pop-up is timed with Art Basel Paris and sits close to it.Via Surface Magazine · Art and Photography
• Thu 1 Oct 2026 · Ep 217A $450 million Impressionist auction surfaces from a private South American collection unseen for decadesA $450 million sale signals collector confidence, bringing new buyers and a wider audience for premium cultural positioning.Via Arab News · Art and Photography
• Tue 26 May 2026 · Ep 91Sotheby's new HQ restaurant is designed as narrative architecture, not a hospitality offering.Cultural institutions are competing on hospitality as a revenue and brand line, with food and drink anchoring dwell time.Via Wallpaper · Design and Architecture

How we count: an episode counts once for Sotheby's when Sotheby's is the subject of a headline or story title, or is one of the names the episode covers and is named in a story, in the thread that connects the stories or in the audio. Being cited as a source does not count.