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Record price for Indian painting

Reshmi — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:31:46 +0000

A sale of a painting by the late Indian painter Francis Newton Souza has set a record for an Indian work of art. Souza’s 1955 work, Birth, was sold for £1,273,250 ($2,519,762) at an auction of modern South Asian art at Christie’s...

Squash-ball sized 101-carat white diamond reaches Christie's

Arpita Mukherjee — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:04:10 +0000

We have already seen flawless diamonds going under the hammer for big bucks, including the flawless blue diamond and the largest D-color flawless diamond. If one of you wants to startle the woman in your life, blonde or not blonde, with...

Impress your guests with the 65 million-year-old Triceratops skeleton

Naveen — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:19:58 +0000

If uniqueness is a passion and being amid antiquity a dream, then here I will introduce you to something that will take you back into the era when the largest mammal to have inhabited the earth reigned. A giant triceratops skeleton, which will...

Francis Bacon's Triptych 1974-77 could fetch $50 million

Naveen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:19:51 +0000

I have already listed Francis Bacon’s Bullfight painting and his self portrait in my list of top 10 most hyped auction sales of 2007. Now, a three-part painting by Francis Bacon called ‘Triptych 1974-77′ is expected to sell for 25...

Top 10 most hyped auction sales of 2007

Naveen — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:00:42 +0000

Another year has come and gone, and we’re both sad and glad to see it go. Last year, a range of historical, unique, and artistic creations were up for auction and some of them went for record prices. Especially, the two major art auction...

The $54K 1926 Macallan - Most expensive Scotch ever sold by Christie's

Naveen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:21:50 +0000

Last Saturday was a great day for the collectors of distilled spirits. Christie’s hosted the first spirits auction in New York since prohibition. Some of the rare whiskies were expected to fetch up to $30,000 per bottle. Startlingly, a 1926...

Modern Australian Artworks To Be Auctioned In London

Ritu — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:33:31 +0000

This Wednesday, the Christie’s shall witness an auction of the works of some legendry artists, like Charles Blackman, Frederick McCubbin and Sidney Nolan, in the historic sale of modern Australian art. The renowned ‘Alice Amongst...

Futuro House To Be Sold Off In Paris

Ritu — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:45:52 +0000

On the 27 November, the ‘Futuro’, a white plastic house resembling a flying saucer, will be auctioned in Paris, at the Christie’s. It was created by a Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968, and features oval-shaped windows and...

Stunning jewelry automation mouse at Christie's

Naveen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:46:00 +0000

A model from Christie’s in Geneva has on her shoulder an 18 carat gold, enamel and black onyx automaton mouse. It’s just one of the masterpieces of gold presented in Geneva by Christie’s, on the occasion of the traditional autumn...

1937 Matisse goes for $33.6 million, sets new auction record

Naveen — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:42:42 +0000

Tuesday night’s auction at the Christie’s ended with overall sales of $395 million (€271 million), which is the second highest ever achieved in fine art auctioneering. A 1937 Henri Matisse painting set a new auction record for the...