On November 21, an auction began in Germany, at which the personal belongings of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun will be sold. This provoked strong opposition from the European Jewish Association. Writes about this BBC. Among the auction lots - Hitler's cylinder (initial cost ...
On October 5 at Sotheby's auction for about a million pounds sold Banksy's work "Girl with a Balloon". Immediately after the hammer hit, the painting self-destructed with the help of a shredder built into the frame, which was installed by the artist himself. According to experts, the value of the spoiled "Girl ..."
Banksy's painting "Girl with a Ball" was cut by a frame-mounted shredder immediately after it was sold at Sotheby's for £ 1,04 million ($ 1,4 million). Writes about this Meduza with reference to The Art Newspaper. The piece was the last lot to be auctioned on October 5th. Self-destruction ...
The original map of the Hundred Acre Forest, through which Winnie the Pooh and all, all, all walked, is put up for sale at the Sotheby's auction house, writes the BBC. This is perhaps the most famous map in all of English literature, as art history PhD Philip Errington of Sotheby's has called it. It is sold for the first time ...
David Rockefeller was the last grandson of the founder of the Standard Oil Co. John Rockefeller. Born rich, he had a soft spot for contemporary art and spent most of his life collecting works by Paul Gauguin, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse and others. Now that these works of art ...
Lauren Kritzer, 53, walked into a California auction room bankrupt and unemployed, surviving on disability benefits. Seventy-seven seconds later, he left there a millionaire, and all this thanks to the blanket, writes CNBC. His life was changed forever when he discovered ...
23-year-old former Christian school student Bailey Gibson from Wisconsin intends to auction her virginity. The auction will be held at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Reno, Nevada, writes Mirror. Bailey Gibson grew up in a strict Christian family, and at the age of 16 ...
A California resident sold an old bedspread, which he called dirty for several years, for one and a half million dollars. This was reported in a story on CNBC. For a long time, Kritzer lived on disability benefits - $200 a month. Previously, due to a car accident, he was amputated...
Lamborghini presented Pope Francis with a unique example of the Huracan sports car. The Pope has put his signature on the hood of the car and intends to put it up for auction at Sotheby's. All proceeds from the sale of the supercar will go to charity. As Radio Vatican writes, ...
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev's painting "Savior of the World" by Leonardo da Vinci, exhibited at Christie's in New York, went under the hammer for $ 450,3 million. This amount was a record for any artwork ever put up for auction. Buyer's name is unknown. Painting "Savior of the World" ...