The most expensive painting of a merperson sold at auction is John William Waterhouse’s The Siren, which fetched £3,835,800 ($5.08 m), including buyer’s premium, at Sotheby’s in London, UK, on 12 July 2018. More than doubling its £1–1.5 million estimate, it was...
A vivid Fancy Orange diamond sold for 32.6 million Swiss francs ($35.5 million, £22 million) at Christie’s International auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, on 12 November 2013. The diamond had previously been with the same anonymous owner for at least 30 years. The...
The 25.59-carat “Sunrise Ruby”, set with diamonds in a ring made by Cartier, sold for 28,250,000 Swiss francs ($30,274,100; £19,552,200; €27,122,000), including commission, to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby’s auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, on...
Emma Bailey (née Parascandola; March 6, 1910 – September 3, 1999) was an American auctioneer and author, credited with being the first American woman auctioneer. She held her first auction in Brattleboro, Vermont, on May 12, 1950, as a way to supplement her...
An evening auction of “Post-War and Contemporary Art” held by Christie’s of New York (USA) on 12 November 2014 raised a record art auction total of $852,887,000 (£598,244,000). The auction featured works by artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichenstein,...