With Guarantees Galore, Christie’s Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week
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With Guarantees Galore, Christie’s Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Chandelier bidding. Quiet phone banks. Executives wiping their brows. One of the most anticipated auctions of the season proved to be anticlimactic on Monday evening at Christie’s in New York, where many objects were presold to guaranteed bids and there was little evidence…

Can These Six Artists Predict the Fate of the Art Market?
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Can These Six Artists Predict the Fate of the Art Market?

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The spring sales of modern and contemporary art often arrive in May with a steady drumroll of paintings whose estimates soar above $50 million — a sign of confidence in the industry’s roster of ultrawealthy collectors who trade them like financial assets. Now…

A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for .25 Million at Sotheby’s
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A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for $11.25 Million at Sotheby’s

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 311-year-old Stradivarius violin sold for $11.25 million at Sotheby’s on Friday, in a closely watched auction that drew interest from investors, collectors and classical musicians. The violin was made by the famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari in 1714, during the so-called golden…

Kim Zolciak moves out of Atlanta mansion before foreclosure auction
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Kim Zolciak moves out of Atlanta mansion before foreclosure auction

ByNews Polite

Kim Zolciak moved out of the family home she shared with estranged husband Kroy Biermann and their six kids amid their divorce battle, Page Six has exclusively learned. After moving trucks were spotted outside of the multimillion-dollar Alpharetta, Ga., property this week, a source confirmed the “Real Housewives of Atlanta”…

InfoWars’ sale to The Onion could be held up in court as Alex Jones says site is ‘hijacked’
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InfoWars’ sale to The Onion could be held up in court as Alex Jones says site is ‘hijacked’

ByNews Polite

The sale of InfoWars, Alex Jones’ right-wing conspiracy site, to The Onion could be held up in court after a judge questioned the transparency of the auction process Thursday. The satirical news site placed the winning bid for the site at a bankruptcy auction in an offer backed by families…

Piece of marble bought for and used as doorstop could be worth millions of dollars
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Piece of marble bought for $6 and used as doorstop could be worth millions of dollars

ByNews Polite

A $6 piece of marble that was used as a doorstop is actually a treasured 18th century bust of a Scottish politician — and could be worth millions of dollars. The “Bouchardon Bust” — which depicts Scottish landowner and politician Sir John Gordon — was crafted by royal French sculptor…

Emily Carr painting discovered at NY barn sale worth six figures at Canadian auction
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Emily Carr painting discovered at NY barn sale worth six figures at Canadian auction

ByNews Polite

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. A longtime New York-based art dealer stumbled upon a painting at a Hamptons barn sale for which he paid just $50 — and now the rare piece is expected to be auctioned off for six figures. Allen Treibitz spotted and purchased the artwork…

Never-before-seen footage from JFK’s assassination sells at auction for nearly 8K
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Never-before-seen footage from JFK’s assassination sells at auction for nearly $138K

ByNews Polite

Never-before-seen footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding towards a Dallas hospital after being shot has been sold at auction. RR Auction, of Boston, offered the lot which sold on Saturday to an anonymous bidder for $137,500. Back in October, the bidding started at $12,100. The footage was taken…