• Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALESMandatory Credit: Photo by SOTHERBY'S/HANDOUT/EPA/REX/Shutterstock (8824741a)An undated handout photo made available by Sotherby's on 18 May 2017 shows an Untitled painting created in 1982 by deceased US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The painting was sold to Yusaku Maezawa, founder of e-commerce company Start Today, for 110.5 million US dollar. The sale marks the highest price ever paid for a work of art by an American artist.Sotherby's sells untitled Basquiat painting to Yusaku Maezawa for 110.5 million US dollar, --- - 19 May 2017
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    Untitled painting created in 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which sold for $110.5 million.

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" on display at Christie's auction rooms in London. The rare painting of Christ, which that sold for a record $450 million, is heading to a museum in Abu Dhabi. The newly-opened Louvre Abu Dhabi made the announcement in a tweet on Wednesday, Dec. 6Leonardo Auction Abu Dhabi, London, United Kingdom - 24 Oct 2017
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    Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” on display at Christie’s auction rooms in London.

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    The Pink Star Diamond, which is valued at $60,000,000USD will be auctioned on April 4th in Hong Kong. The 59.60-carat oval mixed cut pink diamond is the largest 'Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink' diamond that the Gemological Institue of America has ever graded.'The Pink Star' Diamond Sale photocall, Sotheby's, London, UK - 20 Mar 2017
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    The 59.60-carat oval mixed cut pink diamond is the largest ‘Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink’ diamond that the Gemological Institue of America has ever graded.

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    The Pink Star diamond, the most valuable cut diamond ever offered at auction, is displayed by a model at a Sotheby's auction room in Hong Kong, . It is the largest internally flawless fancy vivid pink diamond ever graded by the GIA. The diamond estimated in excess of 60 million US Dollars will go for auction in Hong Kong on April 4Pink Diamond, Hong Kong - 29 Mar 2017
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    The Pink Star diamond sold in at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for $71 million.

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watchPaul Newman Rolex watch sells for world record price, New York, USA - 26 Oct 2017A rare Rolex watch owned by the late movie star Paul Newman today sold for a world record £13.5m. The legendary actor received the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona as a present from his wife Joanne Woodward in 1968. She bought the timepiece from the prestigious Tiffany & Co store in New York and had it engraved with the message 'drive carefully' in light of her husband's fledgling motor racing career. Newman wore it daily for more than 15 years before passing it on to his daughter's then boyfriend, James Cox, while he stayed with the family one summer in the early 1980s. It sold at Phillips Auctions of New York.
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    Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watchPaul Newman Rolex watch sells for world record price, New York, USA - 26 Oct 2017A rare Rolex watch owned by the late movie star Paul Newman today sold for a world record £13.5m. The legendary actor received the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona as a present from his wife Joanne Woodward in 1968. She bought the timepiece from the prestigious Tiffany & Co store in New York and had it engraved with the message 'drive carefully' in light of her husband's fledgling motor racing career. Newman wore it daily for more than 15 years before passing it on to his daughter's then boyfriend, James Cox, while he stayed with the family one summer in the early 1980s. It sold at Phillips Auctions of New York.
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    Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch engraving

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    Lisa DennisonRoyal Academy America Gala, IAC Building, New York, USA - 26 Sep 2017
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    Lisa Dennison, chairman of Sotheby’s North and South America

  • Record-breaking Auctions of 2017

    Lydia FenetRiver Fund Gala: 'The Tiedemann Effect', New York, USA - 09 Nov 2017
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    Lydia Fenet, senior vice president at Christie’s

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