Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), a German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist, whose prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. [...]
3 December 2012 
Edward Hopper’s October on Cape Cod Oil – Most Expensive Item Sold Online
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An online bidder paid $9,602,500 for Edward Hopper’s October on Cape Cod oil at Christie’s American art auction in New York on November 28th, thus set new record for the most expensive item sold online at any international auction house. The painting from 1946, one of a few number of important oils by the artist [...]
19 November 2012 
Most Valuable Auction Ever – $412 Million Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction
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Just day after Sotheby’s auction house had staged its most successful auction in its history, taking $375m (£236m), Christie’s broke this record and ended its Post-War and Contemporary Art event with a total sale of $412.3 million, with 11 artist’s records set! Following the historic evening sale which became the most valuable auction ever in [...]
10 October 2012 
Large Diamonds and Rare Pearls at Christie’s New York Magnificent Jewelry
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Christie’s will hold its jewelry auction, on October 16th called “New York Magnificent Jewelry”, that will be Christie’s opening auction of the autumn season. Among 372 lots at upcoming auction, which are expected to achieve more than $35 million, certainly there are a couple of items that stand out as leading – earrings, a pendant [...]
8 October 2012 
Picasso’s “Nature morte aux tulipes” and Warhol’s “Statue of Liberty” Expected to Sell for $35 million Each
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Pablo Picasso’s “Nature morte aux tulipes” and Andy Warhol’s “Statue of Liberty” will be the highlights of New York autumn sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s. These two works could fetch an estimated price of $35 – $50 million each, when go under the hammer next month. “Nature morte aux tulipes” is actually portrait of Picasso’s young [...]
25 September 2012 
Rare 76-carat Golconda Diamond Could Fetch $15 Million at Christie’s
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One of the most famous diamonds in the world – a 76-carat diamond, perfect in color, with flawless internal clarity is expected to fetch well over $15 million at Christie’s auction in Geneva on November 13th. This stunning gem created an auction sensation when Christie’s Geneva offered it for sale for the first time in November, [...]
5 September 2012 
Recently Discovered Daniel Fahrenheit Original Thermometer Could Fetch $150,000 at Auction
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Until now was thought that there was only two mercury thermometers invented by the famous physicist, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in the early 1700s. But, actually, there was three original examples of the Daniel Fahrenheit thermometer in existence, two of which are in the Boerhaave Museum in the Netherlands, and the third one, the only remaining [...]
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