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Einstein: Letters reveal legendary scientist's love of women

December 18, 2024 7:49 pm

Albert Einstein loved life — and women. Letters that are now being auctioned at Christie's bear witness to this.

Austrian billionaire's jewels seen fetching over $150 mln at auction

May 09, 2023 11:44 am

Some of its most spectacular pieces include the 90-carat "Briolette of India" diamond necklace by Harry Winston, and the "Sunrise Ruby" and diamond ring by Cartier that is worth up to an estimated $20 million.

18-carat pink diamond reaps $28.8 million at Geneva auction

November 09, 2022 4:49 pm

Christie’s says the first pink diamonds ever recorded were found in India’s Golconda mines in the 16th century, before others turned up over the centuries in places like Africa, Australia, Brazil and Russia.

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New York art auction fall highlights include Paul Allen collection and a rare Andy Warhol

November 07, 2022 1:51 pm

The estimated $1 billion collection will be sold in two live auctions at Christie's Rockefeller Center on November 9-10.

Why Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's art collection is expected to raise $1 billion

November 06, 2022 5:13 pm

Paul Allen started collecting art in the early 1990s and personally selected all the works that span over 500 years of art history.

Michelangelo ink drawing fetches 23 million euros in Paris sale

May 19, 2022 11:41 am

The work had been designated a French national treasure, which barred it from being exported from the country for 30 months.

What makes professional football player Ernie Barnes the most expressive painter of sports?

May 16, 2022 5:04 pm

His painting The Sugar Shack sold for $15.3 million at Christie's, surpassing his previous sales and making his a story from goal to palette a perfect touchdown

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Egg-sized diamond fetches over $21M with fees at Geneva sale

May 12, 2022 12:23 pm

An unspecified private buyer acquired The Rock, for which the pre-auction estimate was between 19 million and 30 million francs.

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Andy Warhol's 'Marilyn' auction nabs $195M; most for US artist

May 10, 2022 5:38 pm

The Warhol sale unseated the previous record holder and another modern master, Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose 1982 painting “Untitled” of a skull-like face sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby’s in 2017.

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'Washington Crossing the Delaware' up for auction at Christie's in May

April 25, 2022 10:15 am

The 1851 oil painting is one of three versions painted by Emanuel Leutze of the man who was to be the first U.S. president leading troops during a key moment of the American revolution. Only two survive

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In photos: Digital artist Beeple's work is 'first purely digital artwork (NFT) ever up for auction at Christie’s'

March 02, 2021 5:22 pm

‘Christie’s has never offered a new media artwork of this scale or importance before,’ says Noah Davis, a specialist in Post-War & Contemporary Art at Christie’s in New York

Christie's Mumbai auction makes a record Rs 97.69 cr; highest ever in India

December 16, 2015 1:18 pm

Records tumbled at Christie's auction held in Mumbai with an untitled work by India's foremost abstract painter Vasudeo S Gaitonde fetching a jaw-dropping Rs 29.30 crore.