Les femmes d’Alger (Version O) by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), oil on canvas, dated 14 February 1955, sold for $179.3 m (£115 m), including commission of just over 12%, at an auction held by Christie’s in New York, on 11 May 2015. The buyer, who bid by...
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...
At Christie’s auction house in New York, USA, on 11 May 2015, Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti’s 1947 work L’homme au doigt (Pointing Man) was sold for $141 m (£98.9 m), the most ever paid for a bronze statue at auction. The 180-cm sculpture shows a man – tall and...
James D. O’Brien, age 88, of Eden, went to his Heavenly home on Monday, October 19, 2015 surrounded by his family. Col. Jim was born March 24, 1927 in the Garden of Eden to James H. and Estelle M. O’Brien. Jim and his bride, Helen Mae Perron, were married...
A sale of Action Man and Star Wars figurines, along with accessories including playsets, costumes and vehicles, sold for a record £180,000 ($256,800) in an auction held by Vectis Auctions of Thornaby, Teeside, UK, on 27 May 2015. The collection was sold by retired toy...