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A 21-year-old student is auctioning off his collection of 253 Supreme T-shirts and it's expected to go for $2 million
It's the only complete collection of every Supreme box-logo tee sold since 1994, according to Chris…
Tim Levin
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From Paris Hilton to Christie's auction house: How NFTs went mainstream
The booming non-fungible tokens market is due in part to institutional, celebrity, and brand adopti…
Annabelle Williams
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Job diary: I'm a live auctioneer for Christie's. Here's how I landed the job at 24 and what a day in my life looks like.
Lydia Fenet competed for four days against 20 other people for the role, and was the only woman who…
Jenny Powers
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Online art auctions are luring new bidders to the market: rich millennials under lockdown
Sotheby's says millennials now make up over 30% of its clientele, and the surge in younger buyers i…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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8 of the most expensive jewels hitting the auction block at Christie's, from a $5 million diamond necklace to 53-carat sapphire ring
And UK-based Christie's knows this — which is why the world-famous auction house is hosting its "Ma…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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11 pairs of Michael Jordan's rarest game-worn sneakers are hitting the auction block — take a look at what's for sale
But one particular auction in the series is perhaps the buzziest. Created in conjunction with sneak…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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A 28-carat diamond just became the most expensive jewel ever auctioned online after selling for over $2.1 million
The diamond, a rare Type 11A, is classified as D-color, meaning it's one of the clearest diamonds i…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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Christie's is planning to auction a set of 9 CryptoPunk NFTs for up to $9 million next month
9 CryptoPunk NFTs, which are built on Ethereum blockchain by early cryptoart creators Larva Labs, w…
Sophie Kiderlin
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A dinosaur skeleton that was only half-real sold at Christie's for $12 million. Paleontologists say it's part of a huge inflation problem driven by invisible, ultra-rich buyers.
"These fossils literally disappear into the collection of some nameless uber-rich person," said pal…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Diamond-studded handbags and Pink Floyd guitars — here’s what the world’s super rich are buying at auctions
The rich and the wealthy live a fairytale life and that includes purchasing exotic items. Last ye…
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A 67-million-year-old skeleton belonging to a Tyrannosaurus rex named Stan is going up for auction in October
Christie's is hoping that Tyrannosaurus rex Stan will break records at a sale of up to $8 million. …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A rare bronze chandelier bought for $300 in lucky find sold for $3.5 million at auction
An artist discovered the Alberto Giacometti chandelier in a London antique shop by accident and kne…
Bethany Dawson
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As James Bond turns 60, his cars, watches & suits go under Christie's hammer
To mark the 60th anniversary of the James Bond films, Christie's and EON Productions will hold an o…
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Meet the Black millennial art curator who worked on a Zendaya photoshoot, had her portrait featured in Beyoncé's 'Black Is King,' and was just tapped by auction house Christie's to curate an exhibit
Amid the George Floyd protests, Christie's tapped the 24-year-old Destinee Ross-Sutton to showcase …
Dominic-Madori Davis
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A Patek Philippe watch just sold for $5.8 million, making it the most expensive watch ever sold at an online auction
The Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon was sold for a whopping $5.8 million at a virtual Christie's…
Marielle Descalsota,Kate Duffy
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Andy Warhol's portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold at auction for a record $195 million, making it the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold
The piece was sold to an unknown buyer in just under four minutes of bidding, per The New York Time…
Waiyee Yip
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The world's top auction houses are cancelling their Russian art sales in London
Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams have cancelled their "Russian Art Week" in June.
Urooba Jamal
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A bottle of red wine that aged for 14 months on the International Space Station is up for sale and could fetch up to $1 million
The bottle of Pétrus spent 14 months in orbit and comes with a terrestrially-aged bottle for the bu…
Annabelle Williams
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Web creator Tim Berners-Lee's NFT of the original source code sold for $5.4 million at auction
The NFT package auctioned at Sotheby's also contained a video and a letter from Berners-Lee about h…
Sophie Kiderlin
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13 outrageous items sold by auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's
Auction sales around the world grew by 25% in 2017 - with help from da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," th…