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.
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After Disappearing for Decades, a van Gogh Watercolor Sold Under Duress and Then Stolen by Nazis May Fetch $30M
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
The expanded catalogue benefits the Hepatitis C Trust.
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299 Funny, Insightful, and Creative Artists’ Books Head to Auction
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
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
The proceeds will benefit the BDC’s community-centered initiatives and exhibitions.
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Destroyed Banksy Work Sells For $25M, Shredding Estimates
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
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
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
The Mexican Secretary of Culture wrote to the Munich-based dealer in an attempt to stop the auction of 74 artifacts.