Long lost Rubens painting to sell for up to £6 million at auction Saint Sebastian Tended By Two Angels was last recorded in the collection of his Genovese patrons in 1730. The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023
This Week in the Metaverse: A Sothebys auction brings in $11 million—and a bit of hope for the NFT market Dmitri Cherniak's generative art NFT Ringers #879, a.k.a. The Goose, brought in $6.2 million. Fortune · Jun 17, 2023
Lord Rothschild: ‘I loaned Lucian Freud £1,000 so the Krays wouldn’t cut his hand off’ As a vast wedding cake sculpture is unveiled on the lawn at his stately home Waddesdon Manor, Lord Rothschild, scion of the banking dynasty, talks art, gangsters, champagne magnums and giant teapots with Geordie Greig The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023
Last portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt may sell for up to £65m at auction Dame Mit Facher (Lady With A Fan), described as a ‘technical tour de force’, will be offered at a Sotheby’s auction on June 27. The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Klimt portrait 'Lady with a Fan' up for sale with $80M estimate A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt could become the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe when it is auctioned later this month The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Last portrait by Gustav Klimt expected to fetch £65m at London auction ‘Heartfelt ode to absolute beauty’ was on Austrian artist’s easel when he died unexpectedly in 1918 The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023
Pink diamond and ruby make history as they fetch £28 million each at auction The jewels were sold during Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York on Thursday. The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023
Acclaimed French painter Françoise Gilot, who loved and left Picasso, dies aged 101 France's Françoise Gilot, who died Tuesday aged 101, survived what she called the 'hell' of being Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's mistress and muse to become a renowned artist in her own right. France 24 · Jun 7, 2023
Françoise Gilot, the famed artist who loved and then left Picasso, is dead at 101 The French-born Françoise Gilot had long made her frustration clear that despite acclaim for her art she would still be best known for her relationship with the older Picasso. WEKU · Jun 7, 2023
Hebrew Speakers In The U.S. Grew More Thank Twice The Size Since The 1980s Arabic speakers in the United States increased from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021 where Hebrew speakers sits at 220,000. Zenger · Jun 6, 2023
Sotheby's to buy the Breuer Building in New York The Breuer Building in New York is to be acquired by famed auction house Sotheby's, it's been announced Wallpaper · Jun 2, 2023
Tinkler company administrator not forcing sale of Coffs Harbour mansion The 15-bedroom spread at Sapphire Beach is on the market with Sotheby's for an estimated $30 million. Newcastle Herald · Jun 2, 2023
Sotheby's buys modernist Breuer building from Whitney Museum, will move NYC galleries there The auction house Sotheby’s will buy the modernist Marcel Breuer-designed building that housed New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art for nearly 50 years The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Mongolian Rhapsody? Secrets from the Freddie Mercury estate LONDON: A trove of Freddie Mercury's previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen's biggest hits goes on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later this year. Bangkok Post · Jun 1, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Mongolian Rhapsody? Newly unearthed writing draft reveals original title for Queen hit Freddie Mercury’s draft lyrics, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, also reveals an early version of the ‘Mama, just killed a man’ verse
The Guardian - US · May 31, 2023 Inside a revealing Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward auction Sotheby’s has assembled nearly 400 items from the holdings of the star couple showing a relationship of intense passion
Zenger · May 26, 2023 The Oldest And Most Expensive Hebrew Bible Returns To Israel After An Auction The Codex Sassoon was purchased at a Sotheby's auction at $38.1 million, making it the most manuscript ever.
Daily Mirror · May 22, 2023 Brits ditch formal footwear for trainers as chain tops £10billion sales The owner of trainer chain JD Sports last week announced its annual sales had topped £10billion for the first time as one in three Brits wear trainers to the office
Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023 The super rich are getting pickier at art auctions It’s been prophesied for years, and now it’s finally come to pass: Auction prices for fine art are falling.
Zenger · May 18, 2023 At $38.1 Million, Codex Sassoon Becomes Most Expensive Book Ever Sold At Auction Tel Aviv ANU–Museum of the Jewish People buys the oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible.
WEKU · May 18, 2023 A Hebrew Bible that is 1,100 years old sells for $38 million at an auction The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible, was purchased by former U.S. Ambassador to Romania.
Bangkok Post · May 18, 2023 World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m NEW YORK: A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for US$38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
Al Jazeera · May 17, 2023 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38m, will head to Israel One of the world’s oldest surviving Bible manuscripts will be placed in the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38M at auction in New York A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world’s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts has sold for $38 million in New York
Reuters · May 17, 2023 World's oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38.1 million The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said, one of the highest prices ever for a book or document sold at auction.