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Painting looted by Napoleon can now fetch $32 mn at auctionThe artwork, part of the collection at British stately home Longleat House, will headline Christie's Old Masters Part I sale on July 2, wit...
Original draft of 'Star Wars' dating from 1976, fetches $13,600 at UK auctionThe script was used when Ford was in London for the filming of the first instalment of the epic saga, originally entitled 'The Adventures O...
Whisky or liquid fortune? World's most expensive whisky bottle fetches Rs 20 cr in London auctionTitled the Macallan Adami 1926, this priceless whisky was the top draw at Sotheby’s auction. After an extensive bidding war, it was finally...
Freddie Mercury's iconic memorabilia fetches over £3 mn at London auctionThe piano and original manuscript used by Freddie Mercury to compose his greatest songs, including "Bohemian Rhapsody," were sold at auctio...
Mozart's 2-page letter on his love-life crisis may fetch $635K at London auctionA letter written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1782 showing the composer "in a complete panic" over his love life is set to go up for aucti...
Tipu Sultan's arms and armour to be auctioned in LondonA spectacular collection of arms and armour once owned by Tipu Sultan, the erstwhile King of Mysore, will go under the hammer here next mon...
Christie's London auction sets new world record price at $2,153,633Christie’s London auction on March 19 of the James Ensor Prints: The Mira Jacob Collection totalled £1,302,863/$2,153,633 /€1,550,406.
Sotheby's sale of fine Chinese ceramics and art works fetch $23,281,415At Sotheby's in London, the sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art brought a total of £14,486,600/$23,281,415, surpassing the high ...
Gibson family's archival shipwreck images to go under the hammer at Sotheby's London auction on November 12, 2013Comprising 1000 negatives, the archive records the wrecks of over 200 ships and the fate of their passengers, crew and cargo as they travel...
- Christie's London to auction fine wines
Christie's London is coming up with an auction of a selection of fine wines from the Government Hospitality Cellar.
- Rare Apple I computer sells for $ 210,000 in London
Its processor works 1,000 times slower than the Apple iPad, but the first ever Apple computer has sold for 425 times the price.
- Govt to take decision on auction of Tagore's works in London
In the wake of demands from various quarters to stop the auction of rare works of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in London, the governm...
- Giacometti work walks away for record $104.3 mn
History was made in the global art world at Sotheby’s London auction on February 3, 2010.
- Many Indian takers for Versace's London auction
Indian buyers have keenly participated in a recent London auction of famed designer Gianni Versace’s prize collections. These bidders were ...
- India to acquire Gandhi’s letter as ‘owners’ relent
One of the last letters penned by Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi has been pulled from a London auction so that it can be acquired by the Ind...
- Modern artists paint impressive price tags in just over a decade
Auctions over the last decade or so reveal an interesting picture of the appreciation in values swung by Indian modern artists.
- Artists paint impressive price tags over a decade
Auctions over the last decade or so reveal an interesting picture of the appreciation in values swung by Indian modern artists.