Geneva: Marie de Medici wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610, and now the Beau Sancy diamond is a lavish accessory owned by an anonymous bidder who paid $9.7 million for it at Sotheby's auction. The spring auction season for jewelry and watches is upon Geneva, where elegant lakefront hotels fill with well-heeled buyers and bidders in a scene far removed from...
08:31 AM, May 16, 2012
New York: Edvard Munch's masterpiece 'The Scream', one of the world's most recognisable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern art auction featured top works by Picasso, Dali and Miro, but Munch's vibrant work from 1895 was the star attraction in a salesroom packed with art collectors,...
09:45 AM, May 03, 2012
New York: A previously unknown notebook of Nobel Laureate Ranbindranath Tagore, containing his poems and other works, dated back to 1928 fetched US $ 170,500 at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The legendary Indian poet-artist's book contained 12 poems and lyrics for as many songs in Bengali, including some heavily amended drafts of his subsequently published works. The notebook, estimated to fetch US $ 150,000-250,000, was finally sold for...
11:57 AM, Dec 14, 2011
New York: A notebook belonging to legendary Indian poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, containing poems and drafts of his work, will go under the hammer in New York at a Sotheby's auction next month. The previously unknown manuscript notebook dates back to 1928 and contains 12 poems and lyrics for as many songs in Bengali, including some heavily amended drafts of Tagore's subsequently published works. The poems included in...
10:44 AM, Nov 18, 2011
Geneva: A historic wristwatch once owned by India's first president Dr Rajendra Prasad, possibly gifted to him on the first Republic Day in 1950, will be put on auction next month as part of a collection of rare timepieces by leading auction house Sotheby's. The dial of the rare 18K pink gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual is decorated with the map of India with the date 26 January, 1950 inscribed on...
07:16 PM, Oct 12, 2011
London: The only major Jane Austen manuscript still in private hands comes up for auction on July 14th, auction house Sotheby's said on Monday. "The Watsons" by the prolific author of "Sense and Sensibility" is estimated by Sotheby's at 200,000-300,000 pounds ($ 323,800-$ 485,700). "Probably written in 1804, this heavily corrected draft represents the earliest surviving manuscript for a novel by Jane Austen," Sotheby's said in a statement. "The work,...
12:59 PM, May 24, 2011
London: A Francis Bacon masterpiece painted at the height of the British artist's impassioned affair with a former World War Two fighter pilot is expected to fetch up to 9 million pounds ($15 million) when it is auctioned for the first time in June, auction house Sotheby's said on Friday. Bacon's 1961 oil on canvas "Crouching Nude" is one of his large-scale paintings and is feted for its ominous, brooding...
04:53 PM, May 07, 2011
New York: A stunning, rarely seen bejeweled, nearly 150-year-old canopy from India is expected to sell for as much as $ 5 million when it is auctioned next month, according to Sotheby's. The Pearl Canopy of Baroda will go under the hammer on March 24 as part of a larger auction of Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art in New York. It includes over 500,000 pearls, as well as...
12:32 PM, Mar 09, 2011
London: A collection of more than 35,000 toys, including rare and valuable miniature trains, is to be sold by Sotheby's in a single lot and could fetch tens of millions of dollars. The auctioneer has given up an entire floor of its New York headquarters to showcase items from the Jerni Collection throughout January and February, although there is only space for one fifth of the items. The collection will...
06:19 PM, Jan 21, 2011
London: It's quite a nest egg. John James Audubon's "Birds of America," a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $ 10 million at auction on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive published book. With its 435 hand-colored illustrations of birds drawn to size, the volume is one of the best preserved editions of Audubon's 19th-century masterpiece. The sale at Sotheby's auction house had been...
11:06 AM, Dec 08, 2010
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03:59 PM, Dec 07, 2010
The auction carries a pre-sale estimate of in excess of USD$4 million, features over 65 artists from 24 countries with 82 pieces in the sale that are contemporary interpretations of calligraphy. The two works of MF Husain are – 'Allah' and 'Al Qaf', watercolour and ink on paper, estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 USD. 'Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ takes place in the year that Doha is Arab Capital...
02:15 PM, Dec 07, 2010
London: Two iconic works -- one billed as the most expensive book in the world and the other the most important book in all of English Literature -- will go under the hammer at a Sotheby's auction here on December 7. The sale of 'Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings' takes one on a journey of printed books from a rare example by England's first printer, William Caxton, through indisputably the...
02:47 PM, Oct 20, 2010
Seattle: "What they see is what you get," fashion consultant Georgia Donovan told the Sotheby's staff in her talk entitled "Appearance Matters." She expanded on the point with examples of how differences in geographic location, age, generation, and body language can be factors in how others treat us. Try getting attentive service at Gucci wearing grungy cut-off shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops; you'll see what she meant. The power...
04:03 PM, Sep 08, 2010
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