Michael Jordan’s sneakers may fetch $150,000 at Sotheby’s

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Sotheby?s is looking to cash in on two pandemic trends: online buying and nostalgia for Michael Jordan.

Hippo bathtub fetches $4.3m, reaps whopping 2,500% return

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A bathtub shaped as a golden hippo sold for $4. 3 million at Christie?s on Tuesday in New York.

Art dealer to billionaires offers 10 prized works at auction

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An art dealer with clients including billionaires Leon Black and Ronald Lauder is selling 10 works from his private collection.

Andy Warhol paintings are just not selling

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A new retrospective on Andy Warhol hopes to liven up enthusiasm for the deceased painter's work as sales are in a rut.

Brancusi sculpture sells for record $71m at Christie's

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Record prices for works by Kazimir Malevich and Constantin Brancusi lifted Christie?s Impressionist and modern art auction in New York.

Global art sales rise to $63.7bn as wealthy chase trophies

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The global art market bounced back in 2017 after two years of declining sales, climbing 12 percent to $63. 7 billion

13 Picassos sold in 2 days and one firm bought them all

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An international art advisory firm went on a Picasso shopping spree, dropping $155 million on at least 13 works in two days.

Saudi prince is the mystery buyer of the $450m Da Vinci

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The Louvre Abu Dhabi is getting Leonardo Da Vinci?s ?Salvator Mundi,? which sold last month at a Christie?s auction for $450 million.

Billionaires stunned as Da Vinci's Christ sells for $450 Million

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Jesus Christ. That was the reaction of mega art dealer Larry Gagosian after a painting by Leonardo da Vinci became the most expensive work ever sold.

Watch VideoSotheby’s wants its money back on fake

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After a painting attributed to the circle of Old Master Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola fetched $842 500 at Sotheby’s, the auction house says its a fake.

Property boom hits Chelsea galleries

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The art galleries that put New York’s Chelsea neighbourhood on the map are victims of their own success.