Sotheby’s

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8 million

July 27 (Reuters) - Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was sold for about $2.8 million in…

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Photo Story: Sotheby’s Auction Preview of Botticelli Masterpiece

Sotheby's art handlers with the painting 'Man of Sorrows' by Sandro Botticelli as part of a preview of the Masters Week auctions at Sotheby's auction house in New York, New…

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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sets auction record for Latin American painting

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo featuring her husband, artist Diego Rivera, sold at auction for $34.9 million, the highest price ever paid for a painting by a Latin…

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Rare pink diamond expected to fetch up to $38 million

An extremely rare, vivid purple-pink diamond mined in Russia is expected to fetch up to $38 million when it goes under the hammer on Nov. 11, the auction house Sotheby's…

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Banksy piece ‘Devolved Parliament’ sells for record £9.8m

A Banksy piece depicting a House of Commons populated by chimpanzees has sold for a record £9.8m at auction in London. The artist's piece, titled Devolved Parliament and showing the…

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Art auction house Sotheby’s sold in a $3.7 billion deal

Patrick Drahi, the billionaire behind telecoms and media group Altice, agreed on Monday to buy historic art auction house Sotheby’s in a deal worth $3.7 billion on an enterprise value…

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Photo Story: Monet painting sold for record $110.7 million

A painting by Claude Monet has been bought for $110.7 million, a new world record for a work by the French artist. Monet completed the oil painting in 1890…

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