The mysterious telephone bidder who payed $33.6 million for Jeff Koons’s”Tulips” – a large steel and chromium bouquet of multi-coloured tulips in November last year, setting a new auction record for the artist in the process, was actually been Stephen A. Wynn (Steve Wynn), the megacollector and casino mogul. Now, a bouquet of twisted [...]
28 April 2012 
Dum English – Chris Brown’s Limited-Edition Collectibles Series Toys
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Though Chris Brown’s name remains tarnished with the incident of violence he had with his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, this time he makes the headlines due to his Limited Edition Collectibles and Toy range, launched in joint partnership with artist Ron English. Called Dum English, the pair’s exclusive line of collectible toys and unique art sculptures will launch [...]
7 April 2012 
Christie’s London Announces Jeff Koon’s Baroque Egg for June Sale
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Giant Easter Egg with Bow (Blue/Turquoise) sculpture by contemporary artist Jeff Koons will be highlight at Christie’s London the Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction on June 27. The estimate is £2,500,000-3,500,000 ($3.97 million-$5.56 million). This monumental sculpture is almost two metres tall (199x195x163cm) and is part of Jeff Koons’ Celebration series. It is constructed [...]
25 August 2011 
1 Terabyte Hard Drive Filled with $5 Million Software
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A new exhibit at the Art 404 gallery, 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte, blurs the boundaries of between sculpture and skullduggery, conspicuously displaying a hard drive with $5 million of stolen property. This hard drive contains software like Adobe’s Font Collection, a 124GB music collection, tons of games, books and more. According to the Art 404 [...]
25 July 2011 
$1 Million Justin Bieber’s Head Made of Gold
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Justin Bieber fans, take note: this replica of the pop superstar’s head, is worth $1.023 million at the current price of gold. 1st Gold Bullion, the gold bullion and precious metal specialist, recently completed a extraordinary project in which a life-size replica head of the tween heartthrob’s was sculpted out of gold. The sculpture needed to employ [...]
7 July 2011 
The Bald Eagle Sculpture By Swarovski – Limited Edition
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Limited Edition 2011 Bald Eagle Sculpture by Swarovski The Limited Edition 2011 Bald Eagle Sculpture is the largest cut colored crystal ever launched by Swarovski. Each of 10.000 limited pieces is signed by Swarovski Designer Heinz Tabertshofer, and engraved with the Swarovski signature logo and individually numbered. The Bald Eagle is exquisitely crafted in faceted Amber crystal [...]
15 May 2011 
Bonaparte Entering Cairo by Jean-Leon Gerome For $198,000 At Rau Antiques
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Bonaparte Entering Cairo by Jean-Léon Gerome Napoleon Entering Cairo is an exquisitely rendered bronze and ivory sculpture by Jean-Leon Gerome from 1897. 16.5 inches high statue was made as a smaller version of a larger bronze statue. Gerome portrayed his subject in the gilt bronze and ivory medium known as chryselephantine. The sculpture is now [...]
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