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Art from Microsoft founder Paul Allen sells for $1.5 billion

Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.5 billion during the first part of Christie’s two-day auction of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G

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Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s artworks sell for $1.5 billion

“We may never see this range and quality of masterpieces in one private collection again,” the auctioneer said.

Fortune

Paul Allen's Art Collection Tops $1 bn at Christie's

Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic $1 billion Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt. At the end of the night Wednesday, five paintings entered the exclusive…

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Paul Allen's art collection tops $1bn at Christie's

NEW YORK: Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic US$1 billion on Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt.

Bangkok Post

18-carat pink diamond expected to auction off for up to $35M

A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond is set to be sold at auction on Tuesday and expected to fetch between $25 million and $35 million, Christie’s says

The Independent UK

Microsoft co-founder’s collection poised to raise $1bn in ‘largest art auction in history’

Proceeds from sale of 150 works owned by the late billionaire Paul Allen will go to charity

The Guardian - UK

Symptoms of lung cancer as NHS nurse who had back pain given terminal diagnosis

He is now trying to raise awareness of the symptoms

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Nurse's world 'collapsed in' as sporadic back pain was actually terminal cancer

Raad Islam, 32, is now hoping to raise awareness of one of the most deadly forms of cancer - lung cancer - after being diagnosed in 2021 and feeling like his whole world "collapsed in on itself"

Daily Mirror

Nurse who went to GP for sporadic back pain told he has terminal lung cancer

Raad Islam said he was left broken after the shock diagnosis.

Daily Record

Man went to the doctor with sporadic back pain and gets horrifying diagnosis

Raad Islam now wants to raise awareness of the condition after his heartbreaking diagnosis

Manchester Evening News

Salford museum pays £7.8m for LS Lowry’s Going to the Match

Purchase of 1953 painting beloved by football fans made possible by gift from charitable foundation

The Guardian - UK

The miracle tablet that has kept a beloved granddad's deadly prostate cancer at bay for a DECADE

A biopsy showed Jim had stage 4 - the most advanced stage - prostate cancer. It had spread to the lymph nodes and wasn’t curable, but then Jim was placed on an experimental trial

Manchester Evening News

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s $1bn art collection comes to London ahead of likely record-breaking New York auction

The late billionaire’s collection is expected to smash records when it goes under the hammer in New York next month

Evening Standard

David Hockney painting of Mediterranean sunrise sells for £21m

Early Morning, Sainte-Maxime has sold at auction in London for nearly three times its lower estimate

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Your essential guide to the best of Frieze

The legendary art fair returns this week with a reinvigorated buzz drawing in A-listers, buyers and, er, Rishi Sunak. Robbie Griffiths reports need to know and, yes, the works of art that have collectors in a whirl

Evening Standard

The art and soul of the party... Your definitive guide to all things Frieze Week

From what not to say at a performance piece to why Tottenham is London’s new hotspot, ES presents the definitive guide to all things Frieze Week. Compiled by Amah-Rose Abrams

Daily Mirror

Dad thought he'd pulled muscle playing golf before shock terminal cancer diagnosis

Lee Young, from Denton, Greater Manchester, discovered a lump on his side that hadn't been there before and was sent for investigative tests

Manchester Evening News

Dad who thought he had pulled muscle playing golf diagnosed with incurable cancer

'Being told you have cancer is one thing, but being told they can't do anything is another thing entirely'

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Bangkok Post

Live and Let Buy: James Bond auction sets record

LONDON: A James Bond sale in London featuring the fictional superspy’s Aston Martin cars, suits and wristwatch has raised £6.9 million ($7.8 million) for charity — more than all previous 007 sales at Christie’s auction house combined.

The Independent UK

James Bond 60th anniversary charity auction raises nearly £7m

The auction featured vehicles, watches, costumes, props and posters spanning the 25 Bond films to date.

Manchester Evening News

'Running and the NHS saved my life after devastating diagnosis during lockdown'

Brave mum was told she had breast cancer during the height of the pandemic

Manchester Evening News

City mayor launches campaign to keep Lowry's iconic painting in Salford

Appeal to people 'of means' to help buy 'Going to the Match'

Dublin Live

Penneys and Girls Aloud launch new pyjama line in memory of Sarah Harding

50% of the proceeds in Ireland will go to the Irish Cancer Society

Daily Mirror

Brave mum who beat cancer NINE times hit with devastating diagnosis after GP's hunch

Heather Devlin was first diagnosed with the incurable blood cancer Myeloma back in 2017, a cancer that made up only two per cent of cancer diagnoses in the UK, from 2016 to 2018

The Independent UK

Hermès handbag sells for record-breaking £312,000 at Sotheby’s auction

The 28cm, crocodile-skin bag is described by devotees of the luxury brand as one of the most desirable in the world

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