auctions
-
Life Style
Maurizio Cattelan’s $6M banana artwork has been eaten — again
It’s bananas! A popular and pricey piece of art has been eaten — yet again. The artwork titled “Comedian” has…
Read More » -
Life Style
Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag is sold at auction for a jaw-dropping $8M
It cost a whole bag of money. The original Hermès model made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin…
Read More » -
Life Style
Giacometti bronze bust flops at Sotheby’s, stuns art market
Sotheby’s high-stakes auction turned into a jaw-dropping spectacle Tuesday night when a $70 million Alberto Giacometti bronze bust failed to…
Read More » -
Stories
Banksy’s ‘Broken Heart’ painting defaced on a Brooklyn wall is up for sale
When the enigmatic street artist Banksy spray-painted a heart-shaped balloon covered with a Band-Aid on the wall of a Brooklyn…
Read More » -
Stories
NYC fruit vendor who sold banana devastated after it became viral $6.2M art
It went bananas. The New York City fruit vendor who sold an ordinary banana that was duct-taped to a gallery…
Read More » -
Life Style
Gold pocket watch given to captain who rescued Titanic survivors sells for record price
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for…
Read More » -
Tech
First art piece painted by humanoid robot sells at auction for a whopping $1 million
Sold! The first art piece painted by humanoid robot — which was expected to fetch up to $180,000 — shocked…
Read More » -
Tech
Sotheby’s to auction painting by humanoid robot in a futuristic first
She’s a real Vincent van Go-bot. In a first for Sotheby’s, the famed auction house will sell a painting made…
Read More » -
Life Style
Stolen 16th-century painting sells for $22M after being recovered from a bus stop
A 16th-century painting stolen from an English manor house and later recovered at a bus stop has sold for an…
Read More » -
Business
‘Bond King’ Bill Gross sells rare ‘Z’ Grill stamp for $4.4M — most valuable in US
America’s most valuable postage stamp sold for nearly $4.4 million on Friday. The 1868 one-cent “Z” Grill was sold as part of…
Read More »