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Rare 'Bleu Royal' diamond sets new record at Christie's auction, sells for nearly $44 MnIn a historic event at Christie's auction in Geneva, the largest internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond ever put up for auction, know...
Rare blue diamond could fetch Rs 339 cr at Christie's auctionKnown as 'Bleu Royal' this vivid blue diamond - which is set in a ring - is among the rarest and biggest ever to be unearthed.
T-Rex skeleton 'Trinity' goes on auction; sells for more than $6 millionThe 3.9 metre (12.8-foot) high skeleton, is made up of bones from three different T-rexes which are estimated to be somewhere between 65 to...
Pear-shaped pink diamond sells for $28.8 mn at Christie's auctionThe auction house said an unidentified Asian buyer snapped up the diamond.
300-year-old 'Leonardo da Vinci of violins' expected to fetch $10.6 mn at France auctionThe violin's sound has graced concert halls around the world.
Wooden African mask from the 19th century fetches $4.6 mn at France auctionGabonese demonstrators protested against the sale of the mark, calling for its 'restitution'.
Diamond bracelets of King Louis XVI's wife, Marie Antoinette, fetches $8.3 mn at Geneva auctionThe bracelets feature 112 diamonds and weighs 97 grams each made with silver and gold.
Royal jewels, NBA star Kobe Bryant's Nike shoes up for sale at Geneva auctionA diamond bracelet that once belonged to France's Marie Antoinette is one the featured items going up for auction.
Rare drawing by 17th century Italian sculptor Bernini fetches $2.3 million at French auctionThe previous world record price paid for a Bernini drawing was 139,000 euros in 2014.
Late designer Karl Lagerfeld's artwork, furniture to be sold at Monaco auctionThe designer was a compulsive collector who kept selling his collections throughout his lifetime.
Omega watch, sold for $1.4 mn, breaks million-dollar bid for the first timeVintage-watch demand has been booming, illustrated by Phillips’s record $17.8 million sale last month of a Rolex that belonged to Paul Newm...
Winston Churchill’s last work of art up for sale, could net £80k at auctionThe abstract oil on canvas shows a departure from the wartime PM's normal style, with flashes of orange and bold brushwork.
- Trai's spectrum auction proposals: Reason seems to be returning to the telecom policy establishment
At last, some sense is dawning on India's telecom policymakers as the Telecom Secretary has asked for another silly Trai restriction to be ...
By setting spectrum prices high, DoT and Trai will choke telecomTrai and the government's department of telecommunications (DoT) are racing each other to quote ever higher reserve prices to auction spect...
- Sotheby's sees 2008 Paris auction boost but Christie's slumps
Sotheby's France saw a 30 per cent increase in art sales in 2008 despite the financial crisis, becoming the leading auction house on the Pa...
- China beats France as world's 3rd largest art auction market
China has overtaken France as the world's third largest art auction market, reporting about $3.16 billion of proceeds last year.
- Rare wine auctions titillate tipplers
Rare wine auctions, such as one taking place this weekend in Paris that is expected to rake in a record two million euros (2.8 million doll...