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Jackson Pollock work sells for record $58.4 million A Jackson Pollock drip painting sold Wednesday at Christie's in New York for a record $58.4 million and a work by one-time graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat set another record at $48.8 million.

16 May 2013

Lollobrigida's pearl earrings set new auction record A pair of pearl earrings belonging to actress Gina Lollobrigida sold for an auction record of $2.39 million at Sotheby's Geneva Tuesday as the veteran Italian star auctioned off some dazzling jewellery.

16 May 2013

DiCaprio environmental art auction tops $33 million Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" -- and they responded by splashing out $33.3 million.

14 May 2013

Bidding hot for chance at coffee with Apple chief A coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook was a hot opportunity on Wednesday as bidding hit $160,000 for the chance being auctioned to raise money for a human rights group.

26 April 2013

Historic Chinese silk scroll up for auction in France A section of a silk handscroll depicting a historically important trip by China's longest-serving Emperor is to go up for auction in France next week.

20 April 2013

Pink diamond sells for nearly $40 million at US auction A 34.64-carat pink diamond has sold at auction in New York for nearly $40 million, setting a new record for Christie's auction house.

18 April 2013

US billionaire wins fake wine trial A New York jury on Thursday backed a US billionaire who complained that wines he bought costing thousands of dollars a bottle were phony.

12 April 2013

Scientist's DNA letter to son fetches $6 million A letter the British scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA wrote to his son announcing the news sold Wednesday for a record sum of just over $6 million.

12 April 2013

Group bids to halt Paris auction of Hopi tribal artifacts Tribal peoples' advocacy group Survival International said Tuesday it had filed a court action in Paris in an effort to halt the sale of sacred objects from Arizona's Hopi indians.

11 April 2013

Venezuela move seen as currency devaluation A Venezuelan government foreign currency auction for local importers has triggered a de facto currency devaluation, the second in less than 50 days.

01 April 2013

Rare British royal's signature up for auction in US A document signed by Britain's King Richard III will be auctioned in Los Angeles next week, two months after scientists found the ancient royal's remains under a modern-day car park.

29 March 2013

Diana dresses raise over £850,000 at London sale Ten dresses owned by Princess Diana, including the one worn when she danced with actor John Travolta at a White House dinner, sold for £862,800 at a London auction.

20 March 2013

$3 tag sale find sells at Sotheby's for $2.23 million A $3 tag sale buy has turned into a massive windfall for the lucky bargain hunter: the Chinese bowl sold for $2.23 million at an auction at Sotheby's.

20 March 2013

Franz Liszt letters to go under hammer in Geneva A collection of 14 letters written by 19th-century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt go under the hammer in Switzerland next week, shedding light on his ties with his musical peers and his ire at cultural ignorance.

09 March 2013

Warhol's Marilyn lips lead online auction An online-only auction of a trove of Andy Warhol's lesser, but often hitherto unavailable works, raised $2.3 million at Christie's, with a lithograph of Marilyn Monroe's lips coming out on top.

07 March 2013

Christie's to auction Andy Warhol works online Christie's auction house said Thursday it will put 125 works of art by the American pop icon Andy Warhol under the hammer in an online-only sale starting next week.

23 February 2013

Modigliani lover portrait sells for £26.9 mn in London A portrait by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne went under the hammer in London on Wednesday for £26.9 million ($42.3 million, 31.2 million euros).

07 February 2013

Picasso lover portrait sells for £28.6 mn in London A portrait of Pablo Picasso's lover Marie-Therese Walter sold in London on Tuesday night for £28.6 million ($45.0 million, 33.3 million euros).

06 February 2013

As Indian art world meets, prices stay depressed India's art world has converged on New Delhi for the industry's biggest annual event where upbeat talk and parties are likely to disguise a market that is still in the doldrums since crashing in 2008.

02 February 2013

'Django Unchained' dolls banned by eBay as 'offensive' Online auction giant eBay has banned the sale of dolls linked to Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked western about a freed slave "Django Unchained," describing them as "offensive".

27 January 2013

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