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Why Did a Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Sell for $7.5M?
The eyebrow-raising sale price for the 23-by-32-inch double-pedestal lamp might have something to do with the architect’s unique creative ethos.
Auctions
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Why Did This Ancient Chinese Handscroll Break Auction Records?
The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.
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Cheeto Shaped Like Pokémon Sells for $87K at Auction
The cheese puff resembling Charizard, a winged, fire-breathing dragon with a flame-tipped tail, has been aptly dubbed “Cheetozard.”
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Thousands Call on Christie’s to Nix AI Art Auction
An open letter alleges that many of the artworks in the auction were “created using AI models that are known to be trained on copyrighted work without a license.”
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Magritte Painting Becomes Most Expensive Surrealist Work Ever Sold
The Belgian artist's uncanny scene sold for a whopping $121.16 million at auction.
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Oldest Known Inscription of Ten Commandments Heads to Auction
The approximately 1,500-year-old tablet could fetch $2 million at Sotheby’s.
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Leonora Carrington’s Surrealist Cat Sculpture Could Fetch $7M
Who is this diva? Why, it's “La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman),” the star of Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York.
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Maurizio Cattelan Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1M at Auction
The infamous fruit taped to a wall divided viewers and critics when it debuted at Art Basel in Miami in 2019.
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Record-Breaking Sale of Dianne Feinstein Collection Fetches $1.85M
An auction of the late senator’s art and jewelry — including a drawing by Feinstein herself — achieved the most registrations for a US sale at Bonhams.
Art
Dürer Engraving Found by 11-Year-Old in Dumpster Sells for $44,000
Mat Winter scavenged for rarities in his early youth. It finally paid off.
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Rembrandt Painting Found in Attic Sells for Over $1M
It may be the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in Maine.
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An Artwork Gifted to George Washington Could Fetch $800K This Fall
“The Destruction of the Bastille” (1789), an ink-washed relic of the French Revolution, is going under the hammer in Philadelphia.