A flood of bidders seems to have known something that the auctioneer did not. Artnet News, October 14, 2021 Last weekend, a pair of sphinx statues were offered up at a small auction house in England. Weatherworn after spending the last 15 years in the garden...
The autumn auction season kicks off this week with 211 lots going under the hammer at Christie’s Watches Online: The Dubai Edit. Christie’s is highlighting the breadth of the sale with three rare collectible watches from Patek Philippe, Richard Mille and Rolex....
By Arjun Sethi This weekend one of the three Porsche 928 used in the movie “Risky Business” was sold with a sledgehammer in no less than 1.98 million dollars, thus signing the absolute record for the price reached at auction in regards to this model. Apart from its...
Al Capone’s belongings are worth a lot of money. Items that belonged to infamous Chicago gangster were auctioned off Friday night at a private club in Sacramento, California. They garnered more than three-million-dollars. The auction included almost one-thousand...
By Rachel Cormack The legendary “pigeon’s blood” ruby is poised to make a giant splash at Christie’s this fall. Two pieces of high jewelry featuring the exceedingly rare red gemstone will go under the gavel at the Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction on November...
The artwork is being sold by fashion designer Sir Paul Smith A bunch of withered, sad-looking blooms sits forlornly in a vase having shed its petals in a painting that's the total opposite of Van Gogh's famous still life of a bouquet of fulsome sunflowers. But the...
In the painting, made in 1954, Picasso portrayed his second wife, Jacqueline Roque. Their marriage lasted 11 years. At an auction in Hong Kong for $ 24.6 million he sold a painting by French artist and Cubist founder Pablo Picasso titled Crouching woman… This was...
A pair of sneakers worn by NBA legend Michael Jordan in his rookie season are up for auction and could fetch as much as $1.5 million — and are expected to be “the most valuable sneaker ever offered.” Sotheby’s will open advanced bidding Friday on the pair of...
At an auction in Hong Kong, a painting by Vincent van Gogh has changed hands for almost 7.9 million euros, auction house Sotheby’s reports. It was the first time that a work by Van Gogh was auctioned in Asia. The price was a bit disappointing, though. The still...
A pair of rare diamond and emerald spectacles from an unknown Indian princely treasury will be sold at an auction in London later this month. The lenses were placed in the Mughal-era frames around 1890, according to auction house Sotheby’s. The spectacles will be...
