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Want a T. rex skull? Here's how much it'll cost you at this NY auction
Auction house Sotheby’s estimated a jaw-dropping $15 million price tag for the roughly 76 million year-old skull, which is 6.5-feet long and weighs 200 pounds, officials said.
Photographer Henri Dauman sues Sotheby's over Hermes bag
A $30,000 Hermès purse in "perfect condition" was allegedly damaged by Sotheby's auction house, according to a lawsuit from photographer Henri Dauman.
Art world rolls eyes as Sotheby's names Robert Pattinson as curator
Sotheby's has upset the art community by appointing Pattinson as curator of its new "Contemporated Curated" art series. Pattinson chose six pieces.
Microsoft co-founder’s $1B art collection is most expensive auction ever
In a statement released late Thursday, Christie’s confirmed that it had won the rights to sell more than 150 “masterpieces” spanning 500 years of art history.
Michael Jordan's NBA Finals jersey from 'The Last Dance' heads to auction
Jordan wore this red away jersey during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals -- and now it's heading to a Sotheby's auction with an estimate up to $5 million.
First-ever Gorgosaurus skeleton sells at auction for $6.1M to unknown buyer — scientists frustrated
These fossils fetched a fortune.
Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 space jacket could fetch $2M at auction
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin is giving space enthusiasts an opportunity to own a piece of American history.
Burn-proof edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ up for auction
They launched the initiative with a brief video that shows Atwood attempting in vain to incinerate her classic novel.
Largest fancy vivid blue diamond to be auctioned for a whopping $48 million
The De Beers Cullinan Blue gemstone was first discovered in April 2021 at the South African Cullinan Mine.
Billion-year-old, 555-carat Enigma diamond with 55 sides sold to mystery buyer
Dubbed a "cosmic wonder" and "a treasure from interstellar space" by auctioneers Sotheby's, the origins of the diamond are thought to be from outer space.
Woman who won back family painting stolen by Nazis auctions it for $1.23M
One woman won back a family painting stolen by Nazis — and got $1.23 million for it at auction.
Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 sneakers set for auction
Two hundred pairs of the exclusive shoes will be available, with bids starting at $2,000.
'Billion-year-old' black diamond, blasted from outer space, could fetch $6.8M
"The Enigma" black diamond, heading to Sotheby's next month, is thought to have dropped in millions of years ago from outer space, according to experts.
Secret image found inside $40M Botticelli painting
A hidden painting has been discovered within another.
Ken Griffin says he spent $43.2M to buy US Constitution after his son asked him to
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin said he decided to shell out $43.2 million last month for a rare copy of the US Constitution at the urging of his son.
NYC media mogul buys rare Napoleon hat for $1.4 million
Bryan Goldberg — whose company BDG owns Bustle, Elite Daily, Gawker and other websites — purchased the hat, also called a bicorne, in September from Sothebys in Paris for $1.4...
Crypto investors outbid for rare copy of US Constitution
An unnamed collector scored the document with a winning phone bid of $41 million, more than the $40 million the ConstitutionDao collective had offered.
11 Picasso pieces fetch $109 million at Las Vegas auction
Several pieces of art by Pablo Picasso sold for a combined $109 million dollars at an auction in Las Vegas on what would have been the artist’s 140th birthday on...
Shredded Banksy artwork sells for $25.4 million — nearly 20 times its pre-shredded price
The notorious Banksy painting that famously shredded itself after it had been sold at an auction three years ago was resold on Thursday for a whopping $25.4 million dollars, over...
A rare copy of the US Constitution is headed to auction
It will join about 80 constitutional and related documents up for auction by the venerable house.