Theglobalauctionindustryhasbeeninadownturnforthepastsixyears.ButparticipantsinthefourthChineseAntiquesandArtworkAuctionInternationalForuminShanghaiovertheweeken
AnonlineauctionofrhinohornsissettoopenMonday,afteracourtinSouthAfricagavethego-aheadforthesale,whichhasoutragedconservationists.SouthAfricanauthoritieshadmovedt
AnAudiconvertibleusedbyPrincessDianaandhersons,PrinceWilliamandPrinceHarry,wassoldtodayatauctionfor$75,000.The1994darkgreenconvertiblewaspurchasedbyananonymousb
SomeofHollywoodlegendAudreyHepburn'spersonalbelongingsaregoingupforauction.AcollectionofHepburn'sclothing,aswellasadditionaltreasuresassociatedwiththestar,willb
Abronzesoldfor$57.37millioninNewYorkonMonday,settinganewauctionrecordforRomanian-bornsculptorConstantinBrancusiandfetchingmorethantwiceitslowestpre-saleestimate
Jean-MichelBasquiatoccupiesstarbillingontheauctionblockinNewYorkthisseason,catapultingtheartistintotherostrumof20thcenturygreatsnearlythreedecadesafterhisdeath.
Bronze wine vessel a success story; other treasures defy looting definition
Furniture, jewelry and cowboy boots are among the more than 700 personal items that once belonged to U.S. President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan set for sale by auctioneer Christie's in New York starting on Monday.
Some of former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's preferences were made well known during the years he ruled the city's underworld: He didn't like snitches and expected absolute obedience from members of his gang.
A bid of $10,575,000, the most ever offered for a coin, was place by phone for an 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar, but it failed to reach the consignor’s reserve price, Sotheby's auction house said in a statement.
An Asian buyer paid $11.8 million at auction for the largest imperial seal used by China's longest reigning monarch, Emperor Kangxi, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.
An Asian collector snapped up three seated Buddha statues from China's Ming Dynasty at a French auction on Saturday with more than 6.29 million euros(nearly $7 million), breaking the auction record of its kind.
A New Zealand farm industry group said Wednesday that 11.1 percent of its members are under pressure from banks over their mortgages, as world dairy prices fell for the fourth time in a row at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.
A total of 106 official vehicles expropriated by the Chinese central government were auctioned Sunday for a combined 6.6 million yuan (1.06 million U.S. dollars) amid enthusiastic bidding.
International auction house Sotheby's on Friday insisted that an ancient work of Chinese calligraphy sold at an auction in September was a genuine piece by Su Shi, a famous Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279).The statement came in response to accusations from three researchers from the Shanghai Museum saying that the calligraphic work was a forgery from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
A Beijing auction house announced Sunday that it would scrap the auction of letters by a late Chinese writer and his widow upon protest of privacy infringement.
China’s copyright authorities have backed Yang Jiang’s petition for halting an auction involving private letters of her and her late husband Qian Zhongshu Wednesday. It generates public discussions about China’s copyright law.
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