Though her iconic “Black Sheep” sweater fetched over $1M last week, it’s far from the only piece worn by the princess to eclipse auction estimates.
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Bob Ross’s First On-Air Painting Could Fetch Nearly $10M
“A Walk in the Woods” (1983) was the first of 1,000 artworks created during the artist’s The Joy of Painting television show that ran on PBS for 11 years.
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N.C. Wyeth Painting Bought at Thrift Store for $4 Could Sell for $250K
The 1939 painting, one of four illustrations for a novel by Helen Hunt Jackson, was hanging on a New Hampshire woman’s wall for years.
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NYC’s Flatiron Building Sells for a Whopping $190M
The sale to outsider bidder Jacob Garlick puts an end to the protracted legal battle between the iconic skyscraper’s five former owners.
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Burn Down the Patriarchy With this Eggplant Emoji Candle
The artwork by Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova is one of several in an auction benefiting reproductive health organizations.
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Historic Railroad Spike Fetches $2M at Auction
The steel spike clad in gold and silver commemorated the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
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Princess Diana’s Silk Velvet Gown Could Be Yours
Photographed for her iconic 1997 Vanity Fair spread, the dress is now up for auction at Sotheby’s.
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The Real Story Behind Banksy’s “Parking” Mural in LA
Much coverage of the upcoming sale of the building that houses the mural portrays it as a covert intervention into the urban fabric, but the reality, like most things Banksy, is more complicated.
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Eureka! Couple Finds Trove of Gold Coins During Home Renovation
The coins, dating from 1610 to 1727, are now headed to auction, where they’re expected to fetch nearly $300,000.
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Auction of Key to Nelson Mandela’s Prison Cell Stirs Controversy
This month, Guernsey’s will hold an online auction of memorabilia related to South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.
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Catherine the Great’s Pro-Vaccination Letter Heads to Auction
The sovereign led a mass vaccination campaign against smallpox that laid the groundwork for over two million Russians to be inoculated against the deadly disease
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An Original Copy of US Constitution Sells for $43.2 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Document Ever Sold
MoMA board member Ken Griffin went well over asking for the document, beating out cryptocurrency enthusiasts who crowdfunded to purchase it.
