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New York couple on modest salaries, built an art collection worth millions inside one-bedroom apartment. Then gave it away for freeA postal clerk and a librarian in New York built a collection of more than 4,000 artworks despite living their life on a modest income. The...- An ancient idol drew a $12.7 million bid; Why Turkey failed to get it backA prehistoric marble figurine from Anatolia became the centre of a multimillion-dollar ownership dispute after a reported $12.7 million bid...
- From $5 painting to $50 million and a trove valued at $1.35 billion: Five lucky people who discovered forgotten artworks worth a fortuneUnexpected places and artworks worth millions of dollars! This story may sound unbelievable to those who have never been fortunate enough t...
- In 2026, a collector paid $30 for an estate-sale painting in Michigan. Experts identified it as long-lost Gertrude Abercrombie's work, with bids expected to reach $250,000- here's how much it was actually sold forA collector purchased a painting by Gertrude Abercrombie for $30 at an estate sale in Michigan. The piece, titled 'Alderman Merriam’s Shell...
- A tiny Fabergé figure sat forgotten in a New York attic until a family cleanout exposed its royal past; the 20th-century trinket later sold for $5.2 millionThe $5.2 million Fabergé attic discovery therefore stands as more than an auction headline. It is a story about how history can survive in ...
- Woman buys necklace for Rs 1,400 at flea market; 70 years later, discovers it is an original silver-wire and cord piece worth Rs 2.5 croreA woman bought a necklace for just Rs 1,400 at a Brooklyn flea market, only to discover decades later that it was an original artwork by re...
- In 2017, Tracy Donahue paid about $4 for a thrift-store painting. Experts later authenticated it as an N.C. Wyeth work, leading to a six-figure auction saleIn 2017, Tracy Donahue picked up a dusty canvas at a New Hampshire thrift store, mostly wanting its heavy frame. An art conservator later s...
- Joe Bussard began swapping records as a Maryland boy because he loved old music; thousands from his collection can now be heard for free through a university archiveJoe Bussard spent an amazing seventy-five years passionately collecting vintage music, amassing a collection of nearly fifteen thousand rec...
- Everyone is invited to the NFT party, but young, high net-worth crypto investors top the listWhat buyers of NFT—a digital item, be it a pixellated image or a gif, that is stored in a blockchain—are looking for is difficult to say, a...
- Roy Lichtenstein's 'Nude with Joyous Painting' big hit, Christie's online sale fetches $421 mnThe event started with an auctioneer in Hong Kong selling a series of works.
- Luxury brands now play to art galleries to bond with the rich“Businesses today are looking at interesting ways to reach out to quality audience,” said Sanjay Sharma, India head at global auction house...
- Property from Private American Collection drove Sotheby’s New York Evening Sale to $219 millionProperty from a Private American Collection drove Sotheby’s New York Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art to $219 million.
- Sotheby’s to present The Orientalist Sale as part of Orientalist & Islamic WeekOrientalist paintings are today coveted by collectors and institutions in the Middle Eastern and North African.
- Sotheby’s to exhibit Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter and David Hockney for the first time in IndiaSotheby’s will exhibit for the first time in India works by Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter and David Hockney.
- Christie's first auction in mainland China to take place in Shanghai on 26th SeptemberChristie's first auction in mainland China will be taking place in Shanghai on the 26th of September 2013 at Jing An Shangri-La Hotel.
- Christie's Art Forum: Events well-attended by a global audience of guestsIn autumn 2012, Christie's Hong Kong has floated the inaugural Christie's Art Forum, a platform of events that included gallery tours, lect...
- Art markets decline after financial crashThe downswing has extended opportunities to avid collector to lap up quality works of modernist masters and heritage artists. Contemporary ...
- Changing panorama of art collectorsThe complexion of buyers in the global art market has undergone a change. Around 15-20 years back, Americans were the biggest buyers and co...
- Indian art cashes in on new dimensionsIndian installation and video art fares well in Dubai, HK, Basel, Miami Basel and Istanbul.Sotheby's Art | World of auctions I Indian Art I...
- Indian art not yet a global brandWith just 1% of the global market and barely half-a-dozen globally sellable artists, Indian art is hardly the ‘toast of the world’, say som...
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