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$1 million Picasso painting for less than $120 - here's where you can buy itA lucky winner could soon own a $1 million Picasso painting for under $120 through a French raffle. The draw, held at Christie's in Paris, ...
This 'Baby' is 68-mn years old! A Triceratops skull named 'Baby Jane' may fetch $539K in Paris auctionThe skull of the peaceful herbivore was found in South Dakota in the United States in 1998, and named 'Baby Jane' by a previous owner.
Rare Monet painting 'Les Saules, Giverny' expected to fetch around €3 mn at Paris auctionA painting by French impressionist master Claude Monet is set to go on sale at an auction in Paris after being in private hands since 1948.
Rare dinosaur skeleton from late Jurassic era up for auction in Paris, expected to fetch €1.2 millionA well-preserved dinosaur skeleton, named Barry, will be auctioned in Paris next month. The Camptosaurus lived approximately 150 million ye...
Rare 12th-century Buddha statue from China may fetch $1.1 mn at Paris auctionA rare Buddha statue, part of a thought-lost set and discovered in a French family home, will be offered at auction in Paris with a €1m ($1...
Rare 'Don Quixote' editions published in 1605 go up for auction, expected to fetch up to Rs 5.14 crThey were last bought in the 1930s by diplomat, Jorge Ortiz Linares.
Marc Chagall's painting stolen by Nazis sells for $7.4 mn at New York auctionChagall's 1911 oil on canvas, 'The Father', was purchased in 1928 by a Polish-Jewish violin maker.
Marc Chagall painting that was stolen by Nazis may fetch $8 mn in New York auctionThe 1911 oil on canvas, 'The Father', set for auction on November 15.
Gibson guitar that was smashed the night rock band Oasis broke up fetches $390K at Paris auctionOasis scored success, selling 60 mn albums with hits like 'Wonderwall' & 'Don't Look Back In Anger'.
Singer Noel Gallagher's Gibson guitar that broke up rock band Oasis sells for $390,000With a starting price at 150,000 euros ($160,000), the auctioneers said bids for the guitar could have reached as high as 500,000 euros.
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'.
Josephine Bonaparte's tiaras fetch $795K at UK auctionBoth tiaras are set with gemstones engraved with classical heads, which are ancient.
Albert Einstein's rare manuscript may fetch $3.4 mn at Paris auctionThis is the most-valuable Einstein manuscript ever to come to auction.
'Secret masterpiece' by late French artist Claude Lalanne fetches $1.44 mn at auctionLalanne designed it for the garden at the European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP).
A rarely seen Van Gogh painting, in the same collection for a century, fetches $15.4 mn at auction'Street Scene in Montmartre' was put on public display for the first time since its creation in 1887.
Rare Gian Lorenzo Bernini drawing to go on sale in France, expected to fetch over € 30KThe work had previously been wrongly attributed to French Baroque painter Pierre Puget.
Rare Titanic photo goes under the hammer, may fetch over 8,000 pounds at UK auctionThe rare photograph was taken the day before the ship set sail on its fateful maiden voyage.
Anish Kapoor's stainless steel sculpture fetches Rs 4.8 cr in Mumbai auction!The Mumbai-born Kapoor is famed for sculptures at the Grand Palais, Paris & Millennium Park in Chicago among others.
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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...
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