Rare Ming-era Wine Cup Sold for Record $36,8 Million
A rare Ming-era wine cup broke the world auction record for any Chinese porcelain, selling at Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong for £22 million ($36,8 million). Shanghai tycoon Liu Yiqian bought the...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s Handwritten Manuscript Sold for Record $2 Million
Bob Dylan’s handwritten manuscript for “Like a Rolling Stone” sold for just over $2 million at Sotheby’s auction house in New York on Tuesday, which is world record for Rock and Roll manuscript. The...
View Article$45 Million “The Macdonald” Stradivari Viola Couldn’t Find Its Buyer
Sotheby’s auction house and Ingles & Hayday hoped to sell rare viola made by Antonio Stradivari for $45 million. Despite the highly-publicized marketing strategy, the 1719 “Macdonald’” Viola...
View ArticleRM Sotheby’s Offers An Outstanding Example of BMW Z8
Next month in Phoenix, Arizona, RM Sotheby’s will offer at auction impeccably preserved extravagant roadster BMW Z8 from 2002. The car is best known from the film “The World Is Not Enough” in which the...
View ArticleLesedi La Rona – New World’s Most Expensive Diamond
When the largest rough diamond in more than a hundred years comes up for auction at Sotheby’s London on 29 June, it will be the only lot on offer –… The post Lesedi La Rona – New World’s Most Expensive...
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