Going bananas? This duct-taped humble fruit sells for millions at Sotheby's art auction; here's why it has attracted so much attentionMaurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork "Comedian" sold for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction. Purchased by cryptocurrency entreprene...
21 Nov, 2024, 08.25 PM IST
Stegosaurus skeleton 'Apex' sells for record $44.6 million. Why is it so expensive?At Sotheby's auction, "Apex," a nearly complete stegosaurus skeleton, brought in a record $44.6 million. It was found in Colorado and is th...
18 Jul, 2024, 11.01 PM IST
Vintage 1962 Ferrari race car fetches Rs 340 cr at New York auctionThe bright red roadster had been the property of an American collector for the past 38 years.
14 Nov, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
1962 Ferrari auctioned for $51.7 mn in New York: Sotheby'sThe bright red roadster had been the property of an American collector for the past 38 years, and its auction price was surpassed only by t...
14 Nov, 2023, 08.41 AM IST
Rare 1926 Macallan Whisky auction set to create buzz with estimated £1.2 million price tagSotheby's will auction off a 96-year-old bottle of Macallan Adami 1926 Scotch whiskey, which is expected to fetch up to £1.2 million ($1.4 ...
22 Oct, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Freddie Mercury's iconic piano and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' manuscript fetch over £3 mn at Sotheby's AuctionFreddie Mercury's piano and the original manuscript of "Bohemian Rhapsody" were sold at a Sotheby's auction in London for over £3 million. ...
07 Sep, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
Metaverse, NFT and more: Auctioneer Sotheby's sees double benefit to crypto waveOver at rival auction house Christie's, a collector paid a similar amount for an NFT by a US artist known as Beeple.
03 Mar, 2022, 02.43 PM IST
'CryptoPunk' NFT fetches $11.8 million at auctionCryptoPunks are a set of 10,000 pixel-art characters made by Larva Labs in 2017.
11 Jun, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
'CryptoPunk' NFT sells for $11.8 million at Sotheby'sCryptoPunks are a set of 10,000 pixel-art characters made by Larva Labs in 2017. The one sold by Sotheby's -- "CryptoPunk #7523" -- is of t...
11 Jun, 2021, 07.34 AM IST
Auction houses want to be part of the latest trend in art world; Sotheby's & Phillips join NFT crazeMore than $10 million in NFT transactions are now taking place daily.
14 Apr, 2021, 10.07 AM IST
Rembrandt's 1632 self-portrait fetches $18.7 mn at Sotheby's online auctionThe artist's last self-portrait was sold for nearly $9 mn in 2003 at an auction.
29 Jul, 2020, 05.44 PM IST
Triptych by Francis Bacon fetches $84 mn at online auctionIt previously belonged to a Norwegian art collector and had an estimated value of $60-$80 million.
30 Jun, 2020, 05.59 PM IST
'Unique Pink' diamond sells for record $31.6 mn at Sotheby's Geneva auctionA rare pear-shaped 15.38 carat pink diamond sold for $31.6 million as a part of the 'Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels' auction held by i...
18 May, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
Smart Entertainment Ltd's BK Modi sues Sotheby'sTongya and his lawyers moved the Delhi High Court on Friday to take legal action against the auction house and managed to get an order the ...
31 Jan, 2015, 03.58 PM IST
Sotheby's to celebrate Moet & Chandon's 270th anniversaryA Sotheby's sale will celebrate Moet & Chandon's 270th anniversary with an offering of Champagnes which span nearly a century - from 1914 t...
17 Sep, 2013, 05.49 PM IST
- S H Raza work tops Sotheby's sale, fetches Rs 2.47 crore
An oil work by legendary painter S H Raza from his Paris period has topped a Sotheby's auction here, going under the hammer for Rs 2.47 cro...
02 Jun, 2011, 03.28 PM IST
- Global collectors stock up on contemporary Indian art
NRIs and domestic collectors are now quite active at international auctions of Indian contemporary art.Sotheby's Art | World of auctions I ...
01 Sep, 2008, 08.10 AM IST