An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny plate block. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny
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Celebrity Memorabilia Becomes the Star of Auction Season
Within the living room where she entertained heads of state and celebrities, the broadcast journalist Barbara Walters exhibited two pictures in gilded frames. One was a commissioned portrait of herself in a luxurious gown. The other was a painting of a stoic Egyptian woman in a black head scarf —
'Star Wars' Red Leader X-wing model heads a cargo bay's worth of props at auction
This 1:24 scale miniature was used to film pivotal scenes from the first Star Wars film. It’s now at the center of a auction of items collected over decades by Greg Jein, a master model-builder for film and TV. Heritage Auctions hide caption toggle caption Heritage Auctions This 1:24 scale
Rare painting bought for $4 at a thrift store may fetch a quarter million at auction
A rare painting by N.C. Wyeth was purchased for $4 at a thrift shop in 2017. Now it may fetch up to $250,000 at auction. Bonhams Skinner hide caption toggle caption Bonhams Skinner Browsing a New Hampshire thrift shop for old frames to restore, a local woman, who has chosen
Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Brings $108.4 Million, Auction Record for the Artist
Klimt’s art-historical importance as the leader of the turn-of-the-century Vienna Secession movement, and the decorative sumptuousness of his paintings, have always made him a highly valued artist. But those values soared into a different dimension in 2006 when the New York-based cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder paid $135 million for
Want Johnny Carson's desk? A trove of TV memorabilia is up for auction
Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show set. Heritage Auctions hide caption toggle caption Heritage Auctions Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show set. Heritage Auctions Are you interested in taking home the bar from Cheers? How about Johnny Carson’s desk from The Tonight Show set? Or the prop rifle that made Jed Clampett a millionaire
Donna Summer’s Bedazzled Closet and Ephemera Will Go Up for Auction
For nearly a decade after Donna Summer’s death in 2012, her home in Nashville remained like a shrine to the Queen of Disco’s decades-long music career. Beaded gowns that she had worn onstage remained tucked away along with designer pumps in the upstairs closet; ephemera such as an annotated album
A Hebrew Bible that is 1,100 years old sells for $38 million at an auction
Sotheby’s unveils the Codex Sassoon for auction, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in the Manhattan borough of New York. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP Sotheby’s unveils the Codex Sassoon for auction, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in the Manhattan borough of New York. John Minchillo/AP NEW YORK — A
At Christie’s ‘21st Century’ Auction, the Sound of Records Breaking for Women
Seven artists achieved new sales benchmarks at Christie’s Contemporary Art sale in New York on Monday night, including Simone Leigh, a star of the 2022 Venice Biennale, and Robin F. Williams, a figurative painter still in her 30s. Lively bidding from inside the sale room at Christie’s helped the auction
The S.I. Newhouse Auction: 16 Paintings, $177.8 Million
One might expect paintings from the illustrious collection of the late magazine publisher S.I. Newhouse Jr. — by Picasso, de Kooning, Lichtenstein and Bacon, among others — to generate some fireworks in the art market. Yet even with that provenance, the Thursday evening sale at Christie’s that kicked off the