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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 7)*
SOTHEBY'S HOLDINGS, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
CLASS A
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(Title of Class of Securities)
835898107
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(CUSIP Number)
Linda S. Martinson, Esq. (212) 583-2000
767 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10153
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
November 11, 1998
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ].
(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
SEC 1746 (12-91)<PAGE>
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Amendment Number 8 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 835898107 Page 2 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Baron Capital Group, Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 410,000
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 21,189,400
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 410,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
21,189,400
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
21,599,400
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
54.1%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 8 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 835898107 Page 3 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
BAMCO, Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 19,641,900
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
19,641,900
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
19,641,900
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
49.2%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 8 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 835898107 Page 4 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Baron Capital Management, Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 410,000
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 1,547,500
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 410,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,547,500
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,957,500
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.9%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 8 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 835898107 Page 5 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Baron Asset Fund
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 19,401,300
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
19,401,300
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
19,401,300
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
48.6%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IV, OO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 8 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 835898107 Page 6 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Ronald Baron
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 410,000
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 21,189,400
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 410,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
21,189,400
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
21,599,400
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
54.1%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
(a) Name of Issuer:
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
500 North Woodward Avenue, Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
(c) Title and Class of Securities:
Class A
Item 2. Identity and Background
(a) Name:
Baron Capital Group, Inc. ('BCG')
BAMCO, Inc. ('BAMCO')
Baron Capital Management, Inc. ('BCM')
Baron Asset Fund ('BAF')
Ronald Baron
(b) Business Address:
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
(c) Present Principal Employment:
BCG: Holding company
BAMCO: Investment adviser
BCM: Investment adviser
BAF: Registered investment company
Ronald Baron: President: BCG, BAMCO, BCM; CEO OF BAF
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
(d) Record of Convictions:
No material change.
(e) Record of Civil Proceedings:
No material change.
(f) Citizenship:
No material change.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Ronald Baron owns no shares of the issuer directly.
BAMCO directed the purchase of 19,641,900 shares of the Issuer
for its investment advisory clients for an aggregate purchase
price of $413,146,021. Of those shares, 19,401,300 were purchased
for the account of BAF for a total purchase price of $408,682,457.
BCM directed the purchase of 1,547,500 shares of the issuer for
its investment advisory clients for an aggregate purchase price
of $32,753,212 and 410,000 shares of the issuer for two investment
partnerships for an aggregate purchase price of $8,681,820.
All of the shares were paid for by cash assets in
the respective clients' accounts and/or by margin borrowings
pursuant to standard margin agreements.
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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
No material change.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer*
(a) Amount and percentage beneficially owned#:
BCG: 21,599,400 54.1%
BAMCO: 19,641,900 49.2%
BCM: 1,957,500 4.9%
BAF: 19,401,300 48.6%
Ronald Baron: 21,599,400 54.1%
(b) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote:
BCG: 410,000
BAMCO: 0
BCM: 410,000
BAF: 0
Ronald Baron: 410,000
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote:
BCG: 21,189,400
BAMCO: 19,641,900
BCM: 1,547,500
BAF: 19,401,300
Ronald Baron: 21,189,400
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
BCG: 410,000
BAMCO: 0
BCM: 410,000
BAF: 0
Ronald Baron: 410,000
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
BCG: 21,189,400
BAMCO: 19,641,900
BCM: 1,547,500
BAF: 19,401,300
Ronald Baron: 21,189,400
*Reporting Persons may be deemed to share power to vote and
dispose of shares referred to herein as a result of control
relationships (BCG and Ronald Baron with respect to all of
the shares; BAMCO with respect to the BAF shares) and
pursuant to investment advisory relationships with advisory
clients. Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of
the shares for which they share power.
#The percentages reported are with respect to Class A stock
only, which has one vote per share. The Issuer's Class B
stock has 10 votes per share, making the total combined
voting percentage for the Registrants hereunder equal to
10.3% of the combined voting power of the Issuer's
outstanding voting securities.
(c) A schedule of transactions effected in the last twenty-three
days is attached hereto.
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(d) Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
No material change.
(e) Ownership of Less than Five Percent:
Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
Respect to Securities of the Issuer
No material change.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit 99 - 23 days of trading.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
Date: November 19, 1998
Baron Capital Group, Inc., BAMCO, Inc.,
Baron Capital Management, Inc. and
Baron Assert Fund
By:
/s/ Ronald Baron
_______________________________________
Ronald Baron, President
Ronald Baron, Individually
By:
/s/ Ronald Baron
_______________________________________
Ronald Baron
Transaction Schedule
From 10-29-98 To 11-19-98
Exec.
Date Acct ID Trans Qty Price
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10-29-98 bcm buy 22,500 20.2647
10-30-98 bamco buy 25,000 21.1950
11-03-98 bcm buy 16,800 21.9085
11-04-98 bcm buy 17,200 22.4623
11-04-98 bcm buy 30,000 22.4623
11-05-98 bamco buy 9,800 23.0925
11-05-98 bamco buy 1,000 23.3542
11-05-98 bcm buy 2,600 23.3542
11-06-98 bamco buy 70,600 23.6592
11-06-98 bcm buy 7,200 23.7500
11-09-98 bamco buy 40,000 22.8750
11-09-98 bamco buy 28,600 23.1097
11-10-98 bamco buy 50,000 22.6479
11-11-98 bamco buy 60,000 22.5469
11-12-98 bamco buy 34,200 21.4656
11-12-98 bamco buy 40,200 21.8095
11-12-98 bcm buy 1,700 21.4656
11-12-98 bcm buy 1,800 21.8095
11-12-98 bamco buy 100 21.4656
11-13-98 bamco buy 14,700 22.2526
11-13-98 bamco buy 8,000 21.8750
11-16-98 bamco buy 30,000 22.6021
11-16-98 bamco buy 26,700 22.5094
11-16-98 bamco buy 150 22.6250
11-17-98 bamco buy 39,800 22.5000
11-17-98 bamco buy 86,600 22.0590
11-18-98 bamco buy 132,900 22.3128
11-18-98 bcm buy 10,300 22.3128
11-19-98 bamco buy 12,200 22.8658
11-19-98 bamco buy 116,000 22.8200
