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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Stories
Princess Diana’s letters about personal life head to auction
These are letters to ‘Di’ for. A series of personal missives and holiday cards written by the Princess of Wales…
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Life Style
Kate Moss’ see-through dress draws jeers as replica auctioned
Don’t let it slip away! A nearly identical replica of the controversial see-through dress Kate Moss was famously photographed wearing…
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