Now playing Next no comment First tuna auction of year at Toyosu fish market The new year's first tuna auction was held at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, early on Wednesday morning. The top bid at the event was a bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori prefecture, weighing in at 211 kilograms. 05/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news 'Merry Christmas': World's first SMS sells for €107,000 at NFT auction Vodafone auctions the world's first SMS, sent in December 1992, in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), a certificate guaranteeing its ownership, for 107,000 euros. 22/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Garry Kasparov leads new NFT auction of star collectibles Starting with chess champion Garry Kasparov, 1Kind will foster a relationship between stars and their fans using blockchain tech to make unique collectibles. They gave Euronews Culture an exclusive look at what's on sale. 14/12/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Wikipedia creator's computer and NFT up for auction at Christie's Fancy treating yourself with the first historical modification of a Wikipedia page? It's now possible… as an NFT. 09/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Empress Josephine Bonaparte's 'highly rare' tiaras sell for €710,000 Both headpieces are set with gemstones engraved with classical heads, several of which are possibly dating back to the Roman era, as early as 100 BC, and were designed to be worn together. 08/12/2021
Now playing Next Art Botticelli painting bought for €12,000 in '63 to sell for €35 million 'The Man of Sorrows' is believed to have been produced in the late 15th/early 16th century. After living in a private collection for over 60 years, it's set to make a fortune. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next Art Villa featuring world's only Caravaggio mural on sale for €471 million A private property that's thought to be home to the world's only Caravaggio mural will be auctioned off in Rome next month. The mural itself is thought to be worth at least €300 million. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next Art 'Botto', the robot creating works of art, makes its first million The artificially intelligent artist uses algorithms to analyse millions of works of art and produce its own. 30/11/2021
Now playing Next Art World's first NFT ballet set to go on sale London Royal Ballet's prima ballerina will star in pieces set to go on auction for £50,000. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Hospices de Beaune 2021 auction sees record €800,000 barrel puchase The proceeds will go to the French NGO 'Solidarité Femmes' and the Curie Institute. 22/11/2021
Now playing Next USA Rare copy of US Constitution sells for a world record €38 million It is one of only 11 known surviving copies of the US charter. 19/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news How was Russia's Catherine the Great a vaccination trailblazer? In a 1787 letter, Catherine the Great describes step by step how to organise a vaccination campaign against smallpox in Russia. A portrait along with the letter are up for auction in December. 19/11/2021
Now playing Next Art Frida Kahlo portrait smashes auction records at €30.8 million Kahlo's last ever portrait, 'Diego and I', is now the most expensive Latin American art of all time after the sale took place at Sotheby's, New York. 17/11/2021
Now playing Next Art Rare Serge Gainsbourg painting worth €30,000 to be auctioned in Paris The painting – previously owned by the late singer Juliette Greco – is the star of an auction consisting of 750 items. 17/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Over 900 collectibles on sale now at music's biggest auction Every year music's richest collectors gather in New York City to witness the offerings of Julien's – the auctioneers responsible for rare guitars, setlists and fashion pieces worth millions of euros. 16/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news The 'Mona Lisa' of stamps, worth $8 million, goes on display in London The unique 1856 1c Magenta from British Guiana was bought at auction in the USA. The sale makes it the world's most expensive stamp. 10/11/2021
Now playing Next Art Post-pandemic art market to reach new zenith with in-person auctions With sales starting on November 15, estimates are to bring in more than $1 billion (over €868m) in a week. 10/11/2021
Now playing Next Art World's best known Da Vinci replica sold for €210,000 in Paris The 17th century copy, best known as Hekking's Mona Lisa, exceeded estimates by some margin today Christie's auction house in Paris. 10/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets sell for €7.2 million at auction Diamond bracelets that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI’s wife who was executed at the guillotine during the French revolution, have sold for €7.2 million at auction. 10/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Amy Winehouse's items fetch millions at auction in Los Angeles The proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports vulnerable young adults struggling with addiction. 08/11/2021