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since 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 09:58 UTC

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14 hours ago

‘A knife crime waiting to happen’: how Yoshitomo Nara became Japan’s most expensive artist

found 2025 › Jun › 04 (Wed) @ 12:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

The veteran punk painter’s twisted cherubs are a far cry from the tasteful, beautiful Japanese art that usually appears in western galleries. The retrospective about to open in the UK should be elect…

12 days ago

Napoleon's iconic hat leads stunning auction of French emperor's prized possessions worth more than £5million

found 2025 › May › 23 (Fri) @ 14:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Expected to sell for nearly £700,000, the hat is one of around 100 objects being sold in Paris via leading auction house Sotheby's with an overall estimate of more than £5million (€6million).

20 days ago

Stunned gasps fill Sotheby's auction room after greedy experts made terrible mistake with '$70m' sculpture

found 2025 › May › 15 (Thu) @ 15:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Alberto Giacometti's 1955 bronze bust, called Grand tête mince, was billed to be the auction's centerpiece by connoisseurs who valued it at $70 million.

25 days ago

A rare platinum Rolex is heading to auction and could fetch $1.7 million

found 2025 › May › 10 (Sat) @ 14:55 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠ › Top News

A rare 1999 platinum Rolex Daytona, a one-of-a-kind private commission, could fetch $1.7 million at Sotheby’s as luxury watch demand surges globally.

26 days ago

Art market offers investors 'escape' from volatile stocks, Christie's CEO says

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 13:20 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠ › Top News

Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips are together offering 295 works at auction next week for a low-end estimate of $952 million combined, according to ArtTactic.

27 days ago

Sotheby's halts Buddha jewels auction after India threat

found 2025 › May › 08 (Thu) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

The jewels are described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era.

28 days ago

Piprahwa gems auction on hold at Sotheby’s after India legal threat

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 05:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

Auctioning of Piprahwa gems had been due to take place in Hong Kong but Indian government proclaimed it offensive to Buddhists and illegal

Auction house Sotheby’s has postponed the auction of a collec…

29 days ago

What are the Piprahwa gems, and why is India trying to stop their auction?

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 14:15 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

New Delhi says private sale of gems linked to the Buddha is unlawful and demands repatriation from Sotheby's.

33 days ago

Auction of ancient Indian gems ‘imbued with presence of Buddha’ condemned

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

Sotheby’s sale of Piprahwa gems, excavated after burial with Buddha’s remains, denounced as perpetuating colonial violence

Buddhist academics and monastic leaders have condemned an auction of ancient …

39 days ago

The REAL reason Freddie Mercury's sister had to buy back £3million of his most treasured possessions...from the ex-fiancee who got the lion's share of his fortune

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 23:40 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The trove at the Sotheby's sale of Freddie Mercury 's effects in 2023 was so enormous - 1,406 lots - the auction took place over six days

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