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Auction of historical Buddha gems postponed after India backlash
Sotheby’s in Hong Kong postponed an auction of gems with ties to early Buddhism after backlash from India’s government, which said the jewels were the country's religious and cultural heritage.
Multi-million Frank Lloyd Wright lamp to be auctioned
The lamp could be the most expensive ever sold from the legendary designer.
Lichtenstein pop art masterpieces head to auction for the first time
Forty works spanning four decades of Roy Lichtenstein’s career will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York next month, expected to fetch over $35 million (€30.8 million).
Blink-182 frontman sells Banksy at auction for €5.2 million
After the death of Jack Vettriano, the painter who inspired the original, Blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has sold his Banksy painting for £4.3 million (€5.2 million) at a London auction.
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Oldest-known Ten Commandments tablet fetches €4.8 million at auction
The world’s oldest-known Ten Commandments tablet sold on Wednesday (18 December) for $5 million (€4.8 million) at Sotheby’s, far surpassing expectations. The marble slab, previously used as a paving stone, will be donated to an Israeli institution.
Famous duct-taped banana sells for €5.8 million at art auction
Sotheby’s had estimated its value between $1 million and $1.5 million (€924,000 and €1.4 million). It sold for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) in NYC.
A portrait of Alan Turing created by a robot has sold for €1 million
The sale marks the first time an artwork by a humanoid robot has ever been sold at auction and has been described as a “new frontier in the global art market.”
Going bananas: Viral fruit artwork to auction for staggering amount
The world’s going bananas – and now an infamous artwork heading to auction will a-peel to wallets...
18th century diamond necklace with royal connections to go on sale
The historic piece, which was owned by the highest ranking of aristocracy and worn during at least two royal coronations, is part of auction chain Sotheby's 'Royal and Noble' sale in Geneva this November.
Rare and iconic instruments on sale at Sotheby’s pop culture auction
“The selection of significant and rare works will showcase the cultural and artistic reach of genres including Rock, Pop, Metal and Britpop," the auction house says.
161-million-year-old Stegosaurus to go under the hammer at Sotheby's
Discovered in May 2022 in Colorado’s Morrison Formation, "Apex" is touted as the most complete Stegosaurus ever found, with 79% of its bones intact.
Masterpieces by Monet, Picasso, and Bacon to go up for sale in London
In the 150th anniversary since the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris, works by the master of Impressionism - Claude Monet - are going under the hammer at Sotheby's.
Russian billionaire loses art fraud lawsuit against Sotheby's
The Russian oligarch alleged that Sotheby's conspired with an art dealer in a scheme involving high-profile artworks, including Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi", which later became the most expensive painting ever sold.
Russian oligarch sues Sotheby’s after paying 'inflated prices' for art
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, owner of football club AS Monaco, is suing auction house Sotheby’s for allegedly helping an art dealer cheat him out of tens of millions of euros.
What were the most expensive paintings sold at auction in 2023?
Only two artworks fetched prices exceeding $100 million (€91.1 million) in 2023, in contrast to the six works that achieved this milestone in the previous year.
Will Messi's World Cup Final shirt break the all-time auction record?
A set of six shirts that Lionel Messi wore during Argentina's victorious 2022 World Cup run will be auctioned in December, with Sotheby's estimating their value at more than $10 million (€9.2m).