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A bargain hunter found a $35 bowl at a yard sale. Now it might sell for as much as $500,000 in a Sotheby's auction.
The bowl turned out to be a Ming Dynasty relic worth around half a million dollars. Sotheby's exper…
Cheryl Teh
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A bargain hunter paid $35 for a pretty Chinese bowl at a Connecticut yard sale. It turned out to be a 15th Century Ming Dynasty 'lotus bowl' worth $500,000.
It is thought to date back to the reign of the Yongle Emperor, the third ruler of the Ming Dynasty …
Naina Bhardwaj
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Famed auction house Sotheby's is getting in on the crypto-art craze
Sotheby's announces plans to launch its first NFT just days after Christie's made history with a ne…
Grace Kay
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The Internet's original source code is going up for auction on Sotheby's as an NFT this month
The British computer scientist, who was knighted for his feat, is giving everyone a chance to ow…
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Isaac Newton's notes on the pyramids and the Apocalypse have sold for $500,000, despite being badly damaged in a fire supposedly started by his dog
Newton's papers from the 1600s were almost completely destroyed after his dog jumped on his table a…
Grace Dean
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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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Prada is auctioning outfits, props, and photos from its fall/winter 2020 show. The highest ticket item includes a one-off hand-sewn dress with an estimate of $16,450.
Prada is auctioning 72 lots from its Milan Fashion Week 2020 shows. This is its first auction, and …
Grace Dean
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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…
Dominic-Madori Davis
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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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British Airways is auctioning millions of dollars worth of lounge art in a hasty attempt to raise cash – see the extravagant collection
The top value for the British Airways Collection was initially estimated at $1.7 million, according…
Thomas Pallini
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An 18th-century Chinese vase that spent the last 50 years in a home filled with pets just sold for $9 million
The vase, which once sold at a 1950s auction for just $56, was rediscovered inside an elderly woman…
Zoë Ettinger
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A pair of Air Jordan 1s just sold for over half a million dollars at auction as the prices for the athlete's sneakers surge
This sale of Air Jordan 1s broke the world record for the most expensive sneakers to ever sell at a…
Shoshy Ciment
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Three multimillion-dollar Ferraris are expected to become the most expensive cars ever sold in an online auction this month — explore them all
At least for me personally, I'd feel a little nervous about dropping nearly $3 million on a car sig…
Kristen Lee
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A rare British 1961 pop-top camper van owned by an accused CEO fraudster is going up for auction — see inside
The camper — which is a part of a larger "Elkhart Collection" and is offered without reserve — was …
Brittany Chang
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A bundle of BoredApes NFTs just sold for $24.4 million at a Sotheby's auction - showing buyers are still chasing the red-hot digital collectibles market
A digital collection of the popular bored-looking cartoon monkeys fetched $24.4 million when it sol…
Camomile Shumba
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Paul Simon is selling his Connecticut estate for $13.9 million. Take a look at the 32-acre property, which comes with a private music studio where Simon recorded his last 4 albums
The New Canaan property includes an 8,500-square-foot brick main house with seven …
Katie Warren
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6 ways to survive and thrive in an ultra competitive field, according to the president and CEO of Sotheby's International Realty
As someone who grew up playing golf and tennis competitively, I can attest to Seiver's research. If…
Philip White
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The 15 most expensive watches and accessories sold in Sotheby's Geneva auction, ranked
As Mikael Wallhagen, head of Sotheby's watches department in Geneva, told Business Insider in an em…