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Gerhard Richter’s "A B, Still" top performed at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York last night. The 1986 piece sold above its $30 million high estimate for $34 […]
The dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing Happy Birthday Mr President to JFK in 1962 has smashed expectations at auction. It sold for $4.8 million at Julien’s Auctions sale last […]
The earliest known stone tablet featuring the 10 Commandments sold for $850,000 on Wednesday. The 200 pound white marble tablet is thought to be more than 1,500 years old and […]
An angry letter John Lennon wrote to Paul and Linda McCartney is coming to auction. The Beatles disbanded in 1970, leaving the songwriting partnership of Lennon and McCartney feeling bitter […]
Willem de Kooning’s Untitled XXV has set a new auction record for the Dutch-American artist. The 1977 oil on canvas sold for $66.3 million at Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art […]
Edvard Munch’s Girls on the Bridge was the star lot of Sotheby’s impressionist and modern art evening sale last night. Quintessential Munch, with swirling, vertigo-inducing colours, the 1902 piece sold […]
A vintage Patek Philippe watch has become the world’s most valuable wristwatch, after it sold for more than $11 million in Geneva. Made in 1943, the Ref. 1518 stainless steel […]
An artwork owned by of the original ‘Monuments Men’ was amongst the star lots of a recent Modern & Contemporary Art Auction at Heritage in Dallas. The Monuments Men were […]
A veteran car regarded as the world’s first true sports car will lead the line at Bonhams in London next month. The company’s Bond Street classic cars sale will feature […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Air Power was the lead lot in the stunning sale of David Bowie’s art collection on Thursday. The piece (above) achieved £7.1m ($8.8m) at Sotheby’s in London, doubling […]
An 18th century rifle made for the Chinese Qianlong Emperor has smashed its estimate at Sotheby’s in London. As the first Chinese firearm with an imperial reign mark ever to […]
From Golden Globes to Nobel prizes, college basketball to orbiting the Earth – the latest auction at Nate D. Sanders features a series of remarkable awards, medals and championship rings […]
A rare piece of Imperial Chinese porcelain has sold for more than $700,000 at Christie’s, after spending more than 50 years as a table lamp in Wales. The elaborately decorated […]
Prints from one of the world’s largest collections of Andy Warhol works will be sold for charity at Heritage Auctions this week. The company’s Modern & Contemporary Art Signature Auction […]
Prints from one of the world’s largest collections of Andy Warhol works will be sold for charity at Heritage Auctions this week. The company’s Modern & Contemporary Art Signature Auction […]
