Employees classified within 'All Other' principally relate to Sotheby's central corporate and information technology departments.
Beginning in 2017, employees responsible for marketing activities are included in the Agency segment.
Figures for 2016 were restated in the 2017 annual report.
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Number of Sotheby's employees 2012-2018 by segment
This statistic shows the number of Sotheby's employees worldwide from 2012 to 2018, by segment. In 2018, Sotheby's employed a total of 1,713 employees worldwide - 1,515 of these were employed in the agency segment of the company.
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