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Switzerland

Blue Moon Diamond sells for a new world record at auction

The rare and flawless Blue Moon Diamond has sold for $48.4 million to a buyer from Hong Kong, setting a world record for the sale of a gemstone at

12/11/2015

USA

Modigliani nude fetches record $170 million at auction

A nude painting by Amedeo Modigliani has just fetched a record price of $170.4 million for the Italian artist – and achieved the second highest price

10/11/2015

USA

Titanic's last lunch menu to be auctioned

More memorabilia from the Titanic is being auctioned. This time it’s the ship’s last lunch menu enjoyed by first class passengers on board the

02/09/2015

Culture news

Beatles first recording contract up for auction

The first recording contract ever signed by The Beatles is up for auction in New York next month and is expected to sell for upwards of 150, 000

26/08/2015

Culture news

Dollar signs shine in Sotheby collection of bills

Monetary works by Andy Warhol and Keith Haring are featured in Sotheby's art sale with a financial twist.

15/06/2015

World News

Picasso's 'Les Femmes d'Alger' smashes world auction record

The most expensive artwork ever has been sold at auction at Christie’s in New York. Picasso’s cubist oil from 1955 “Les Femmes d’Alger” (“Women of

12/05/2015

USA

Picasso goes for record $179 m at auction

A Picasso oil painting from 1955 has smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it went for $179.4 million

12/05/2015

USA

Glittering prize: Rare diamond up for auction in New York

A rare diamond is set to fetch up to 23 million euros at auction in New York – making it more than a girl’s best friend! Sotheby’s describes the

20/04/2015

USA

The "Holy Grail" of guitars to go under the hammer in New York

On February 19 Guernsey's in New York City will sell the priceless instrument known as "Black Beauty"

31/01/2015

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Tuna sells for 32,000 euros in first Tokyo auction of 2015

06/01/2015

Culture news

Marilyn Monroe love letters go under the hammer

01/12/2014

Germany

Putin doll expected to fetch thousands at auction

23/10/2014

France

Napoleon extraordinary marriage deed fetches fortune

22/09/2014

China

Was €2.67-million painting thrown out with the rubbish?

10/04/2014

World News

Cashing in: the morbid 'business' of Paul Walker's death

04/12/2013

World

The art of beating the economic crisis

19/04/2013