X0202 4 2005-05-03 0 0000823094 SOTHEBYS HOLDINGS INC BID 0001066546 TAUBMAN ROBERT S 38500 WOODWARD AVENUE SUITE 100 BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304 1 0 0 0 Class A Limited Voting Common Stock 2005-05-03 4 P 0 500 16.55 A 6500 I Please see footnote 1 This Form 4 is being filed to report the acquisition of 500 shares of the issuers Class A Limited Voting Common Stock by Robert S. Taubman as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act for his son A. Taubman. As a result of this transaction Robert S. Taubman indirectly owns the following Class A Limited Voting Common Stock: 4,000 shares by A. Taubman (Son), 500 shares by G. Taubman (Daughter), 500 shares by S. Taubman (Son), 500 shares by T. Taubman (Son) and 1,000 shares by his wife, all previously reported. All shares indirectly beneficially owned by Mr. Taubman for his children are held in his capacity as custodian under the Uniform Gifts To Minors Act. /s/ Robert Taubman 2005-05-05