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Einstein's 1939 letter, warning of atomic weapons, just sold at auction for $3.9 million
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a copy of Einstein's infamous 1939 letter to Roosevelt in 20…
Jenny McGrath
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A rare blue diamond just sold for $44 million at a Christie's auction
Christie's said that the 17.61-carat diamond, the Bleu Royal, is among "the rarest to have been une…
Grace Dean
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Some of Hermès' rarest Birkins are up for auction — with many expected to go for more than $100,000
Christie's luxury handbag auction is underway, with some Hermès bags expected to sell for six figur…
Madeline Berg
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Christie's said it would make a donation to Jewish organizations following an auction of Nazi-era jewelry. Those charities refused, and now the sale is canceled.
Christie's had hoped a promise to give away some of the proceeds from the sale of Heidi Horten's co…
Katie Balevic
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Christie's sold $150 million of NFTs in 2021, with the auction house on track for $7.1 billion in sales for the year
Christie's NFT sales included the $69 million auction of a digitized collage made by artist Beeple.
Carla Mozée
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The artist who sold an NFT for a staggering $69 million will auction a $15 million sculpture and NFT at Christie's, report says
Beeple's 7-foot-tall "Human One" physical sculpture along with an accompanying NFT will go on sale …
Carla Mozée
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A filthy statue found in an English garden was a long-lost masterpiece worth up to $10.5 million
Antonio Canova's 19th-century sculpture, depicting Mary Magdalene in "a state of ecstasy," is worth…
Alia Shoaib
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Sotheby's will accept ether bids in a live auction for two Banksy art pieces
The winners of "Trolley Hunters" and "Love Is In the Air" will be able to pay using their choice of…
Carla Mozée
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A $150 million jewelry collection that belonged to a billionaire who made his fortune buying companies owned by Jews in Nazi Germany is set to go on auction at Christie's
The more than 700-piece collection of jewels, once owned by German department store tycoon Helmut H…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is selling an NFT of its first edit from that reads 'hello world!'
Christie's is auctioning the NFT as well as the strawberry-colored Apple computer that Wales used t…
Natasha Dailey
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A rare manuscript featuring Albert Einstein's early calculations for his theory of relativity sold for $13 million
The 54-page document is one of just two papers that show Albert Einstein's early workings on his se…
Alia Shoaib
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A Da Vinci sketch the size of a Post-It Note just sold at a Christie's auction for $12 million
The tiny drawing is 2.75 by 2.75 inches in size, and is one of the Italian Renaissance master's rar…
Cheryl Teh
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How NFT mania helped digital artist Beeple sell a piece of crypto art for $69 million at a Christie's auction
Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, sold the most expensive digital artwork in history. A Christie's aucti…
Joel Stonington,Kevin Reilly
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A replica of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' has been sold to a European collector for $3.4 million - 10 times its expected selling price
The replica's longtime owner, Raymon Hekking, said his painting was the true "Mona Lisa," not the o…
Zahra Tayeb
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Christie's auctioned a set of 9 CryptoPunk NFTs for almost $17 million - almost double their expected value
The CryptoPunk NFTs created by LarvaLabs sold for almost double their expected value and were the s…
Sophie Kiderlin
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The former chairman of Valentino just sold a Basquiat skull painting at auction for $93.1 million - $40 million more than it was expected to go for
The 1983 painting, "In This Case," which portrays a skull on a red background, is the second-most e…
Katie Warren
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A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
Edmond Halley didn't just write about comets. His manuscripts on lunar and solar eclipses sold at a…
Jenny McGrath
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Takung Art soars 712% in 4 days as digital-art trading booms following landmark NFT auction
Digital art trading platform Takung Art is riding a wave of enthusiasm for NFTs following the aucti…
Will Daniel
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Watch Beeple react to his crypto art selling for $69 million, making him the 3rd-most-valuable living artist: 'I'm going to Disney World!'
Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, said he was going to Disney World after he saw…
Natasha Dailey
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A 21-year old is selling off his rare Supreme T-Shirt collection at Christie's, and its set to go for about $2 million
The sale is part of Christie's first Supreme-dedicated online auction. It includes the only complet…