MELBOURNE (REUTERS).- Thieves have stolen a valuable painting of a rat carrying a suitcase, by the anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy, from a meter box outside a house in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said on Thursday. Police said the …
World Record Price for a Modigliani Sculpture Sold at Auction at Christie’s in Paris
PARIS (AP).- A sculpted stone head by artist
Amedeo Modigliani sold at Christie’s in Paris on Monday for euro 43.18
million
($52.8 million), breaking the record for a work by the Italian artist,
the
auction house said. It was also the hi…
Roman Imperial Marble Torso of an Emperor Sells for $7.4 million at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- In a packed salesroom at Sotheby’s this afternoon, a Marble Torso of an Emperor (probably Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius), Roman Imperial, Julio Claudian, 1st Half of the 1st Century A.D., surpassed all expectations, selling for a r…