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...
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), painted by British artist David Hockney (b. 9 July 1937) in 1972, sold for $90,312,500 (£69,547,900; €79,919,300) – including buyer’s premium – at Christie’s auction house in New York City, USA, on 15 November...
The most expensive musical manuscript sold at auction is the original draft of Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony, which was bought for £4,546,250 ($5,661,850) – including buyer’s premium – by an anonymous bidder on 29 November 2016. The manuscript was the star lot at...
The most expensive whisky sold at auction is a bottle The Macallan Valerio Adami 60 Year Old 1926, which sold to an anonymous bidder for £2,187,500 ($2,734,254; €2,498,485) including premium, at Sotheby’s in London, UK, on 18 November 2023. According to...
James W. Heike, 83, of Mondovi, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire, WI.\nHe was born on the home farm in the town of Canton on November 3, 1925 to Walter and Selina (Mueller) Heike. Jim attended the local one-room Tiffany School...