Ferrari sells for record $38 mlnA red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, said to be one of only a handful, was snapped up for $38.1 million in California.
16 August 2014
Formula One: S.Africa's Kyalami track to be soldSouth Africa's Kyalami racetrack, which hosted Formula One Grand Prix races for nearly two decades, will be sold and could be lost to motorsport, auction organisers said.
23 July 2014
Napoleon and Josephine's marriage certificate for saleIt was one of the greatest love stories in history and now the marriage certificate that sealed the union of Napoleon and his first wife Josephine is to be sold at auction in September.
10 July 2014
Van Dyck discovered by British TV programme fails to sellA lost Van Dyck painting spotted on a British television programme failed to find a buyer at a Tuesday auction despite estimates it would fetch 1,000 times its original price.
09 July 2014
Art superstar Koons unveils life work in New YorkJeff Koons, one of world's highest paid artists, unveils his life work in New York on Friday, a chance to understand why his art is so celebrated, so loathed and so expensive.
28 June 2014
Claude Monet 'Water Lilies' painting sells for $54 millionAn iconic "Water Lilies" painting by French artist Claude Monet sold for £31.7 million ($54 million, 39.7 million euros) at a London sale, the second-highest sum paid for his work on record.
25 June 2014
Letters shed light on 'Gone with the Wind'It's not that Margaret Mitchell didn't give a damn whether Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler would ever get back together again in "Gone with the Wind."
24 June 2014
Bob Dylan lyrics to headline $3-5 mn NY music auctionHandwritten song lyrics from legendary singer Bob Dylan go under the hammer in New York, the most treasured possessions in a collection of rock memorabilia valued at $3-5 million.
21 June 2014
Stamp sells for record $9.5 million in New YorkAn incredibly rare 19th century postage stamp, a tiny one-cent magenta from British colonial Guyana, sold for a world record $9.5 million at a New York auction.
18 June 2014
Banksy retrospective going on show in LondonThe first -- and unauthorised -- retrospective exhibition of works by the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy is going on show in London next week ahead of a major auction sale.
08 June 2014
Malala portrait goes for $102,500 in New YorkA painted portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, fetched $102,500 at auction Wednesday in New York -- with the money going to female education in Nigeria.
16 May 2014
Flawless blue diamond sells for $24 millionA spectacular blue diamond, the largest in its category, fetched a total of $23.79 million (17.35 million euros) at a Christie's auction in Geneva.
15 May 2014
Barnett Newman painting sells at auction for $84 millionA painting by American Barnett Newman, "Black Fire I," went under the gavel for $84 million Tuesday at Christie's postwar and contemporary art auction in New York, a record price for the artist.
Sotheby's gives Loeb board seats, avoiding showdownSotheby's agreed Monday to appoint hedge fund activist Dan Loeb and two allies to its board, averting a shareholder vote over the direction of the prestigious fine art auctioneer.
07 May 2014
Francis Bacon fever flares anew in New YorkHype over Francis Bacon, whose work fetched a record price last year, is set to hit fever pitch when a new triptych goes under the hammer next week.
Handbags for big bucks: the latest global auction crazeThe bargains start below $150 and the most expensive go for more than $100,000: designer handbags are the latest craze taking global auction houses by storm and fetching record prices.
26 April 2014
French Jewish group urges Hitler furniture auction banFrance's main Jewish body on Sunday called for the cancellation of an auction of Adolf Hitler and Nazi air force chief Hermann Goering's personal effects due in Paris next month.
14 April 2014
Pair of Japanese mangoes fetch $3,000 at auctionA pair of mangoes grown in southern Japan sold Thursday for a whopping 300,000 yen ($3,000), a record price for the fruit's first auction of the season, Kyodo News reported.