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Andreas Gursky’s photograph of the Rhine River Sets Record at Christie’s Auction

Despite what you might think, this isn’t some random snapshot we found online, it’s actually the world’s most expensive photograph. A 1999 photograph of the Rhine river, titled Rhein II, by German artist Andreas Gursky has sold for $4.3 million at Christie’s Post-War Contemporary Evening Sale in New York, setting a record for any photograph […] More

by Arsa November 11, 2011, 10:54
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Picasso Masterpieces Earn $68.5 Million at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Auctions in London

A Christie’s Auction House staff with Pablo Picasso’s Jeune Fille Endormie and Femme Assise, Robe Bleue Pablo Picasso’s portraits of three different lovers raised £42.2 million ($68.5 million) at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in London. Top lot on the night was a Femme assise, robe bleue, depiction of Dora Maar, who became Picasso’s lover […] More

by Arsa June 24, 2011, 12:48
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Most Expensive Rolex Watch – 1942 Rolex Ref. 4113 Split Seconds Chronograph

1942 Rolex Ref. 4113 Split Seconds Chronograph – The Rarest, Most Valuable Reference of Rolex on the World An ultra-rare, stainless steel chronograph dating to 1942, Rolex reference 4113, just set a new world record for the most expensive Rolex ever to be sold at auction when it fetched $1.176 million at Christie’s Important Watches […] More

by Arsa May 16, 2011, 21:37
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Jeune Fille Endormie by Pablo Picasso Will go Under the Hammer

Jeune Fille Endormie by Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso’s painting Jeune Fille Endormie, showing Marie-Therese snoozing on her folded arms, is estimated to fetch £9 million ($15 million) to £12 million ($20 million) at Christie’s International. An anonymous American donor has given a Picasso canvas to the University of Sydney on the condition the school use proceeds from the […] More

by Arsa April 28, 2011, 14:46
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Pablo Picasso’s Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Goes On Display In The UK

World’s Most Expensive Painting – Pablo-Picaso’s Nude, Green Leaves and Bust The most expensive painting ever to be sold at auction, Pablo Picasso’s Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, is now on show in the UK for the first time at the Tate Modern. The 1932 painting sold to a private collector for a record $106 million […] More

by Arsa March 7, 2011, 15:10
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Harrington Commode – Most Expensive Piece of English Furniture

Harrington Commode – Most Expensive Piece of English Furniture The Harrington Commode is officially the most expensive English furniture item after being sold in an auction on the 7th of December by Sotheby’s London for the whooping price of £3,793,250 ($5,980,438), over three times its estimate. The price trumped the previous record set in June […] More

by Arsa December 13, 2010, 13:03
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Pablo Picasso Painting Has Set a New Record for the Most Expensive Art Work Sold at Auction

A 1932 painting titled “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso painting has become the most expensive art work to be auctioned as it earned $106m, at Christie’s New York. Held by the late Los Angeles collectors Frances and Sidney Brody since the 1950s, the painting was won by an unnamed […] More

by Arsa May 8, 2010, 23:20

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