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Auction of Key to Nelson Mandela’s Prison Cell Stirs Controversy

by Cassie Packard January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

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

by Cassie Packard November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

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

by Jasmine Liu November 25, 2021November 24, 2021

MoMA board member Ken Griffin went well over asking for the document, beating out cryptocurrency enthusiasts who crowdfunded to purchase it.

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After Disappearing for Decades, a van Gogh Watercolor Sold Under Duress and Then Stolen by Nazis May Fetch $30M

by Michelle Young November 10, 2021November 11, 2021

The heirs of two Jewish collectors, one who sold the work to fund his escape from Germany, and another who had the artwork stolen by the Nazis, will receive financial restitution from the Christie’s sale.

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250 Artists Contribute Pocket-sized Works to Largest-ever Art on a Postcard Auction

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

The expanded catalogue benefits the Hepatitis C Trust.

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299 Funny, Insightful, and Creative Artists’ Books Head to Auction

by Cassie Packard November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Ed Ruscha, Louise Bourgeois, and David Hammons have all creatively forayed into the nebulous genre of “artists’ books” that are going up for auction at Swann Auction Galleries.

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Tufts Auctions Student and Alumni Artworks to Benefit Financial Aid Programming

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

The offerings include current students, as well as Tufts alumni like Wangechi Mutu and Sol LeWitt.

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Photographers Auction Works to Benefit Community-Focused Bronx Documentary Center

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

The proceeds will benefit the BDC’s community-centered initiatives and exhibitions.

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Destroyed Banksy Work Sells For $25M, Shredding Estimates

by Valentina Di Liscia October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

The sale confirmed predictions that the painting’s unconventional backstory would only increase its value.

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Sale of African American Art, Benefitting Philly Archives, Broke Auction House Records

by Valentina Di Liscia October 10, 2021October 10, 2021

A group of 24 lots in Swann Galleries’s record-breaking sale were offered to benefit the Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia.

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Democracy is Cheap, but the Constitution Expected to Fetch at least $15M at Auction

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

Originally, almost 500 copies were printed; now only 11 are known to still exist.

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Mexico Demands a Stop to Auction of 74 Pre-Columbian Artifacts

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

The Mexican Secretary of Culture wrote to the Munich-based dealer in an attempt to stop the auction of 74 artifacts.

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