NEW YORK, NY.- The month of May came in like a lion and stayed that way for LiveAuctioneers.com, with online purchases of art, antiques and quality collectibles at their auction house partners’ sales totaling a record-setting $7.9 million. “T…
Lennon Lyrics Fetch $1.2 Million at New York City Auction
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” were purchased by an American collector on Friday for $1.2 million. The winning bid for “A Day in the Life” was …
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…
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 highest-priced w…
Christie’s Offers a Monet Water-Lily Painting Worth an Estimated $44-59 Million
LONDON
(REUTERS).- Auction house Christie’s is
offering a Monet water-lily painting
worth an estimated 30 to 40 million pounds ($44-59 million) this month
in what
it expects to be the biggest sale it has ever mounted in London. With
th…