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Sotheby’s final night of sales capped off the astonishing November 2021 auction season bracketing a wild evening of record-setting sales and a legendary taste maker’s market-thrilling divestiture around the oddest rare book and manuscript single-lot auction ever staged.

Did Ken Griffin have a secret advantage in his bidding? The sale of one of the 13 copies of the first printing of the United States Constitution is worth mentioning here simply because of the fascinating bidding dynamics that played out.

Success had many fathers at Sotheby’s last night once the 676.1 million first part of the Macklowe sale was over. The company’s owner, Patrick Drahi, took Harry Macklowe  up to the empty rostrum to pose for a few celebratory pictures together.