Auctions

Move Over Picasso: New Top Auction Earner

Posted 01.13.2012 | Arts

Read More: Andy Warhol, Video, Zhang Daqian, Art Auctions, Chinese Artists, Pablo Picasso, Picasso Auctions, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Chinese Art, Chinese Art Auctions, Picasso, Auctions, Arts News

Chinese artist Zhang Daqian has knocked Picasso from a very high pedestal. The artist generated $506.7 million from auctions in 2011 alone. Close ...

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'Storage Wars': Books, Books & More Books

Posted 01.04.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Storage Lockers, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Books, Dave Hester, Storage Wars, Tv Replay, Auctions, TV News

Dave Hester scored a rather unique haul on "Storage Wars" (Tue., 10 p.m. EST on A&E). The locker he bought turned out to be packed wall-to-wall and fr...

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Titanic Auction: Largest Trove Of Artifacts From Infamous Shipwreck To Be Sold

AP | By STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 12.29.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Titanic Artifacts for Sale 2012, Titanic Artifacts, Video, Weird Lost and Found, Weird Auction, Titanic Auction, Titanic, Lost and Found, Auction, Titanic Artifacts for Sale, Guernsey's, Titanic Auction 2011, Auctions, Shipwreck, Premier Exhibitions, Weird News News

RICHMOND, Va. -- The owner of the largest trove of artifacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot i...

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Fashionably Late: Style News You Might Have Missed This Week

The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 01.10.2012 | Style

Read More: Chloe Sevigny, Kate Moss, Vogue, Kate Moss Photograph, The Row, Jennifer Garner Pregnant, Lady GaGa, Marilyn Monroe, Commercials, Maternity Style, Lily Cole Protests, Gwen Stefani Target Line, Vandalism, Barneys New York, Harajuku Mini, Magazine Sales, Dolce and Gabbana, Duchess of Cambridge, Marilyn Monroe Beauty Secrets, Donatella Versace, Graffiti on Celine Flagship, Rachel Zoe, Amy Winehouse, Versace for H&M, Snooki, Alber Elbaz, Marykate and Ashley Olsen, Designers, Celine, Gagas Workshop, Kate Middleton, Cambridge University, Auctions, Style News

Welcome to Fashionably Late, where we round up the Style scraps that didn't make it to our news page this week. Click through and catch up on what els...

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Manuscript By Teenage Charlotte Brontë To Potentially Sell For How Much?!

AP | Posted 01.08.2012 | Books

Read More: Charlotte Bronte Auction, Charlotte Bronte Writings, Charlotte Bronte Books, Auctions, Charlotte Bronte Manuscript, Charlotte Bronte, Books News

LONDON -- Sotheby's says an unpublished work by the teenage Charlotte Bronte could sell for 300,000 pounds ($482,000) at an auction next month The au...

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PHOTO: The Original Granny Panties

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 01.02.2012 | Style

Read More: Royalty, British Royals, Queen Victoria's Underwear, Video, Queen Victoria, Auctions, Queen Victoria Underwear, Queen Victoria Panties, Style News

A pair of generously-sized underwear -- granny panties, if we may? -- once belonging to Queen Victoria sold for $14,000 at an Edinburgh auction yester...

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Saddam Hussein's Bronze Buttock Could Be Yours

Posted 12.13.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Iraq War, Saddam Hussein Statue, Video, Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein Statue Auction, Saddam Hussein's Buttock, War Memorabilia, Iraq, Auctions, Weird News News

A British auction house plans to open bidding on a slab of metal rump severed from the bronze statue of Saddam Hussein famously toppled by American tr...

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WATCH: Bravo's 'Work Of Art' Returns For Season 2

Posted 10.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Reality Television, Video, Reality TV, Brooklyn Museum, Artists, Art Tv Show, Work of Art, China Chow, Television, Art Show, Art, Simon De Pury, Art Auctions, Art Television Series, Auctions, Emerging Artists, Arts News

Bravo's art world version of Project Runway will return for a season 2. The competition, called "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist," pits 14 artists ...

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How Much Did Jane Austen's Unfinished Manuscript Auction For?

AP | Posted 09.14.2011 | Books

Read More: The Watsons, Gabriel Heaton, Jane Austen Manuscript, Jane Austen, Sotheby's, Auctions, Pride and Prejudice, Books News

LONDON — An unfinished early Jane Austen manuscript sold at auction in London on Thursday for almost $1.6 million, triple its highest pre-sale e...

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For Sale: Al Capone Gun, Price Tag $100K

Posted 08.20.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Crime History, Christie's London, Crime, Chicago, Ralph Capone, Christie's, Speakeasies, Auctions, Madeleine Capone Morichetti, Prohibition Era, Al Capone, Chicago News

Collectors hoping to call an unusual and rare piece of Chicago history their own will be bidding Wednesday on a six-shot revolver formerly owned by le...

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WATCH: Single Mom Selling Handwritten Obama Letter To Avoid Eviction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 08.14.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Destiny Mathis, Obama Letter Destiny Mathis, Unemployment, Gary Zimet, Destiny Mathis Obama Letter, Eviction, Single Mom Obama Letter, Joblessness, Moments in Time, Obama Letter for Sale, Auctions, Video, Chicago News

When 26-year-old Destiny Mathis began campaigning for Barack Obama in 2008, her life was tough--but she had hope. After graduating at the top of h...

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The Butterfly Art Of Vladimir Nabokov: A Love Story

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 08.12.2011 | Arts

Read More: Modern Literature, Art, Lepidoptery, Rare Books, Auctions, Books, Butterflies, Arts News

Nabokov disliked ineffective, syrupy sentiment. Consider his butterfly drawings to Vera as mash-notes without the slop.

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How Much Did Jackie O's Love Letters Auction For?

cnn.com | Posted 07.20.2011 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Christie's, Jackie Kennedy, Harvard, Jackie O Love Letters, Auctions, Jackie O, Books News

What price love -- or more accurately, what price a love letter?...

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Ten Undervalued Works Of Art

Bruce Helander | Posted 07.06.2011 | Arts

Read More: Art Sales, Art Auctions, Bruce Helander, The Art Economist, Art, Contemporary Art, Auctions, Keepers & Sleepers, Top Ten, Photography, Yayoi Kusama, Willem De Kooning, Money, Sculpture, Painting, George Condo, Arts News

It's not much of a challenge to figure out which of the hundreds of lots are considered the most valuable--just look at the estimates, starting at $40...

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Bookseller's Inventory Being Auctioned: What Will Happen To The Stores?

kentucky.com | Scott Sloan | Posted 06.18.2011 | Books

Read More: Bookstore Auctions, Cincinnati, Lexington, Bookstore Closings, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Bookstores, Joseph-Beth, Auctions, Books News

The future of Lexington's most prominent book retailer will be decided this week. On Wednesday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers' five remaining stores, includ...

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Charles Saatchi Ex-Wife To Auction Off Major Works

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Saatchi Art Auction, Christies Auction, Kay Saatchi Art Collection, Kay Saatchi Art Auction, Art Auctions, Charles Saatchi Ex-Wife, Ron Mueck, Charles Saatchi, Paula Rego, Auctions, Kay Saatchi, Saatchi Gallery, Arts News

Works by the likes of Lucian Freud, Paula Rego and Ron Mueck from the collection of Kay Saatchi are to go on sale later this year....

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Koons' 'Pink Panther' Sculpture To Sell In NYC

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Art Auction, Art, NY Culture, Jeff Koons, Pink Panther Koons, NY Around Town, Auctions, Sothebys, Arts News

NEW YORK — Jeff Koons' porcelain sculpture of a pink panther hugging a bare-breasted blonde is coming to a New York City auction. It's estimated...

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Eric Clapton Guitars Slated For NYC Auction

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Guitars, Art, Eric Clapton, Music, NY Around Town, Eric Clapton Guitar Auction, Auctions, Ny Impact, Slideshow, New York News

NEW YORK — Eric Clapton is parting with dozens of guitars and amps at a New York City auction to benefit an alcohol and drug treatment center he...

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Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin Put Up For Auction

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Oswald Auction, Lee Harvey Oswald Casket, Lee Harvey Oswald Coffin, Lee Harvey Oswald, Auction, Lee Harvey Oswald Coffin Auction, Oswald Coffin Auction, Lee Harvey Oswald Auction, Oswald Coffin, Coffin Auction, Auctions, Politics News

LOS ANGELES — A ghoulish piece of American history is now up for sale to the highest bidder. The modest wooden coffin in which John F. Kennedy's...

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Colorado Government Auctions Feed Global Trade In Toxic E-Waste

The Denver Post | Kristin Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Colorado, Auctions, E-Waste, Colorado Correctional Facilities, Denver News

Coloradans who buy new electronics this holiday season can legally dump their old computers, cellphones and other electronic waste in the trash. On...

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Bets Are In For 2011's Art Sales: Pop, Calder, Contemporary Chinese Art

wsj.com | KELLY CROW | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Andy Warhol, Zhang Daqian, Art Auctions, Pop Art, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, Chinese Contemporary Art, Basquiat, Sotheby's, 2011 Art Sales, Sothebys, Auctions, Arts News

The auction market gained momentum throughout 2010, as art buyers began shrugging off their recession fears and wealthy newcomers from Asia joined the...

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Demi Moore Auctioning Off Art At Sotheby's

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: NY Around Town, Art, Demi Moore, Celebrities, Auctions, NY Culture, Ashton Kutcher, New York News

NEW YORK — Demi Moore is selling two 19th-century European paintings at auction, including a French work the actress says inspired her because o...

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Family Greed Separates Charlotte from Wilbur (VIDEO)

Rocco Staino | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Kids Books, Garth Williams, Children's Books, Art Auctions, Curious George, Books, Charlotte's Web, Kids' Books, Auctions, Book Art, Books News

Scholars, librarians and the lovers of children's books were sad and disheartened to learn of the sale of Garth Williams' artwork for Charlotte's Web.

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All You Need is Love -- an Auction Scorecard

Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Andy Warhol, Arshile Gorky, Jeff Koons, Lee Bontecou, Francis Bacon, Art Auctions, Philips De Pury and Company, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Bourgeois, Dennis Hopper, Christie's, Sotheby's, Auctions, New York Art, Arts News

"The bidders egos are the main reason for the inflated prices," Luis Accorsi told us. "The eagerness to win, one person over the other." Nevertheless, it's hard not to be taken in by the energy in the room.

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JEWELS AT AUCTION: Pink Diamond Shines For $46 Million World Auction Record

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Auction, Diamonds, Switzerland, Sotheby's, Jewelry, Pink Diamond, Auctions, Arts News

A ring that graced the block at Sotheby's Geneva earlier this week has shattered the record for any jewel sold at auction, twinkling past its presale ...

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