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A signed Nirvana photograph led RR Auction’s sale of autograph hunter John Brennan’s legendary collection last night (May 17). The piece was valued at upwards of $5,000, but ended up […]
Bonhams will offer an extraordinary collection of tribal arms from Africa and the south Pacific in a May 22 sale in Los Angeles. Among the finest is a pole club […]
A major auction of pieces from fashionable New York streetwear brand Supreme picked up over $1m in bids at Artcurial Paris on May 16. Titled C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around […]
Christie’s is to auction a 1904 Olympic gold medal awarded to George Louis Redlein of basketball side the Buffalo Germans. Valued at $100,000-200,000, it’s primed to become one of the […]
A 1981 Ford County 1474 Long Nose Read tractor was the star of an auction at Cheffins at Colesdale Farm in Hertfordshire, UK on May 11. In fact, it set […]
A 17th century portrait of a young man has been confirmed as the work of old master Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting sold at Christie’s in 2016. Back then it […]
The Farnese Blue, a legendary Indian 6.16ct blue diamond, soared past its estimate in Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Nobel Jewels sale in Geneva last night (May 15). It made $6.7m, […]
Russian-Polish artist Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Composition (1916) realised $85.8m at Christie’s New York on May 15, setting a new record for his work at auction. Malevich’s previous record was $60m, […]
Sotheby’s is to auction a handwritten manuscript from George Gershwin’s great opera Porgy and Bess (1935) on May 22 with an estimate of £60,000-80,000 ($84,306-112,408). This appears to be a […]
Amadeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (sur le côté gauche), one of the artist’s most important works, sold for $157.2m at Sotheby’s New York last night (May 14). The result is an […]
Nate D Sanders’ sale on May 31 will feature an excitingly eclectic range of memorabilia. The star lot will be a G-1 leather bomber jacket that once belonged to President […]
A custom Lamborghini Huracan gifted to Pope Francis last year raised $861,575 for charity in RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction on May 12. The lot crossed the block alongside a vast […]
A collection of stained glass windows by singular American architect Frank Lloyd Wright are to star in Sotheby’s Important Design auction in New York on May 24. Among the highlights […]
One of the world’s greatest collections of baseball autographs is expected to fetch more than $200,000 when it hits the block at Heritage Auctions next week. The Jack Smalling Collection […]
A Native American catlinite pipe has been returned to the Dakota people following its controversial auction last week. The lot realised $39,975 in the sale, more than double the $20,000 […]
