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Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby's History #foliosociety glow-worms and mountain hares inA celebration of the stories behind 100 of the most iconic objects to pass through the doors of one of the worlds most legendary auction houses Icons traces the extraordinary heritage of international auction house Sothebys through one hundred of the most significant works sold under its banner. With works spanning across history and mediums from a 67 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex to Maurizios Cattelan infamous banana this engaging book offers