NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces a special highlight of its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 4 May: Les enfants et les jouets, an extraordinary work by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) painted in the spring of 1901 when the artist was on…
Andy Warhol Painting Bought for $1,600 Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. “Self-Portrait,” a four-panel acrylic silkscreen dep…
Andy Warhol Painting Bought for $1,600 Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. “Self-Portrait,” a four-panel acrylic silkscreen dep…
$24 Million Donation Secures Francisco de Zurbaran Works for the United Kingdom
LONDON (REUTERS).- A series of portraits by 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran hanging in Auckland Castle, northeast England, have been saved from the auction block by a 15 million pound ($24 million) donation. Investment manager Jonat…
$24 Million Donation Secures Zurbaran Works for the United Kingdom
LONDON (REUTERS).- A series of portraits by 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran hanging in Auckland Castle, northeast England, have been saved from the auction block by a 15 million pound ($24 million) donation. Investment manager Jonat…
100 Troy Ounce Gold Nugget from California’s Mother Lode Goes to the Auction Block
RENO, NEVADA.- The largest California gold rush nugget left in existence, the 100 troy ounce gold nugget discovered last year in Nevada County, California, will be sold at public auction by Holabird-Kagin Americana this March in Sacramento. Named the &…
100 Troy Ounce Gold Nugget from California’s Mother Lode Goes to the Auction Block
RENO, NEVADA.- The largest California gold rush nugget left in existence, the 100 troy ounce gold nugget discovered last year in Nevada County, California, will be sold at public auction by Holabird-Kagin Americana this March in Sacramento. Named the &…
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Simple Wooden Coffin Sells for $87,469 to Mystery Bidder
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- The simple wooden coffin that was supposed to be Lee Harvey Oswald’s final resting place will soon have a new resting place of its own after a mystery bidder bought it at auction for more than $87,000. The coffin was put on the a…
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Simple Wooden Coffin Sells for $87,469 to Mystery Bidder
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- The simple wooden coffin that was supposed to be Lee Harvey Oswald’s final resting place will soon have a new resting place of its own after a mystery bidder bought it at auction for more than $87,000. The coffin was put on the a…
Bob Dylan’s Handwritten Lyrics for "The Times They are A-Changin’" to Sell at Sotheby’s in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- Bob Dylan’s original handwritten lyrics for “The Times They are A-Changin'” are heading for the auction block in New York City. They could sell for an estimated $200,000 to $300,000. Written in pencil on a sheet of unruled, three-hole …