Jacques Barthélémy Delamarre’s 18th-century canine portrait, said to depict the French queen’s beloved “Pompon,” sold for a whopping $280K.
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Rare Klimt Landscape Heads to Auction in New York
The artist’s plein-air painting of Austria’s Lake Attersee could fetch up to $45M.
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The Unsettling Story Behind a Surrealist Painting Headed to Auction
“Composition Surréaliste,” painted by Remedios Varo with possible contributions from her lovers, centers love, lust, violence, and sexual autonomy.
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Hokusai’s “Great Wave” Makes a Splash at Auction
An edition of the iconic woodblock print broke records when it sold for $2.8M this week.
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Lunar Bead Necklace and Asteroid “Emoji” Head to Auction
Christie’s bizarre sale features other space rocks propped up on stands like sculptures.
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Original Brueghel Found in French Home Heads to Auction
The rare painting is reportedly one of the largest of Brueghel the Younger’s known works.
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NYC’s Iconic Flatiron Building Is … Headed to Auction?
The sale is a last-resort move to resolve a bitter dispute between the building’s owners.
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Man Finds Well-Endowed Celtic Bronze Figurine
The tiny artifact, which was discovered by a metal detectorist, is now headed to auction in the UK.
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Native Leaders Object to Sale of Little Bighorn Artifacts
Among the 479 items listed in the Guns of History Auction in Las Vegas were several Lakota objects.
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Joan Didion’s Celine Sunglasses Just Sold for $27K
And her broken clock fetched $35,000 in an auction of her estate.
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Sale of Possibly Looted Yemeni Objects Raises Red Flags
A Yemeni researcher alleges that dozens of unlabeled artifacts originating from Yemen are slated for sale at a British auction house.
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What Can You Buy From Joan Didion’s Art Collection?
The trove of artworks, up for auction on November 16, includes a photograph by Patti Smith, pieces by Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, and more.
