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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…

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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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The gold, diamond, and ruby ring that Tupac Shakur wore days before his death sold at auction for over $1 million

The crown-shaped ring, made for Tupac Shakur after his incarceration, is the most valuable hip-hop …

Hannah Getahun   


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The Enigma — a 555-carat black gem and the largest diamond ever auctioned — can be purchased with cryptocurrency

Sotheby's is accepting bitcoin, ethereum, and the stablecoin USDC, according to Coindesk.

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An unknown buyer used $4.3 million in cryptocurrency to buy a billion-year-old space diamond from Sotheby's

The Enigma is an extremely rare, black 555.55-carat diamond. It was sold to an unidentified buyer w…

Natasha Dailey   


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New world record: A rare Russian pink diamond called the ‘Spirit of the Rose’ sells for whopping $27 million

The last pink diamond to hold the world record for the highest selling price was the CTF Star Pi…

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Luxury auction house Sotheby's is accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for a $15 million diamond

Sotheby's will allow bitcoin and ether payments in exchange for the rare 101-carat diamond in a Hon…

Sophie Kiderlin   


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This is what I want to buy from Twitter's HQ auction

Multiple big-dollar items already have bids well above $10,000, including a semi-automatic espresso…

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Sotheby's is set to auction off one of the rarest diamonds in the world this fall

Only seven diamonds of this sort have been sold at auction — the last of which went for over $30 mi…

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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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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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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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Drake flaunts a $2.2 million diamond chain that appears to have belonged to Pharrell in his new music video

The item was sold by Pharrell to an unknown buyer for $2.2 million on his auction site Joopiter in …

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Kim Kardashian forked out nearly $200,000 to buy Princess Diana's iconic amethyst cross pendant at auction

Kim Kardashian's representative forked out $197,453 for the necklace. It sold for more than double …

Aditi Bharade   


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Andy Warhol's portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II has set an auction record, selling for almost $900,000

The portrait was sold for more than twice its estimated price at Heffel's Post War and Contemporary…

Britney Toh   


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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