On December 18, Sotheby’s will auction a rare and historically significant artifact: the oldest known inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments. Dating back to the Late Byzantine period, this marble tablet is approximately 1,500 years old and is the only complete
One of cinema’s most treasured relics, the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, are now available to collectors through Heritage Auctions, marking the first opportunity in years to own this iconic piece of Hollywood history. The bidding
An extraordinary typescript of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, featuring the author’s own handwritten corrections and sketches, will soon be available for purchase at the price of $1.25 million. Regarded as a “literary treasure” by rare book dealers, this unique
A nude portrait by renowned British artist Lucian Freud fetched £13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on October 9. The painting, titled “Ria, Naked Portrait,” took 16 months to complete and was hailed as a “masterpiece” by Christie’s auctioneers. This
In a morning conference call with reporters, Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti and other executives provided an overview of the auction house’s performance for the first half of the year. In summary, the results were disappointing. Christie’s recorded auction sales totaling $2.1 billion
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles acquired Quentin Metsys’s rediscovered 16th-century masterpiece, Madonna of the Cherries, at Christie’s London Old Masters sale on July 2. The panel painting set a new auction record for the Flemish Renaissance artist, fetching £10.66
A drawing attributed to the Italian modernist Amedeo Modigliani was about to be sold with a price tag of €300,000 ($320,000) when it was exposed as a fake by the Venice Cultural Heritage Protection Unit. The work aroused immediate suspicion when it
“Andy Warhol by Hand: The 1950s” showcases Warhol’s work prior to his foray into screenprinting. The highlight is Warhol’s ink on paper “Butterfly Lady” circa 1953, which could fetch over $100,000—the highest pre-sale estimate among the 27 lots. “It is a prominent
A guitar used by John Lennon has become the most expensive Beatles instrument ever sold at auction. The Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, presumed lost for over 50 years, was found in an attic, according to auctioneers. It sold for $2.9 million
Bonhams’ upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art sale in Hong Kong will feature “Infinity,” an unseen painting by Yayoi Kusama. Created in 1995, this red-and-black artwork combines two of Kusama’s iconic motifs: dots and infinity nets. With an estimated value exceeding $5 million,
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