8 h. ago The 13 most expensive artworks sold at auction, as Gustav Klimt fetches over $200 million

The fiercely fought auction was completed after a 20-minute bidding war amongst six different bidders

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13 h. ago Gustav Klimt painting that spared subject from Nazis breaks modern art price record

The only higher public sale remains Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450.3m (£342.66m) at Christie's

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14 h. ago Gustav Klimt painting sells for $236.4 million as the most expensive piece of modern art ever sold at auction

The piece was owned by beauty tycoon Leonard Lauder who died in June and was son and heir to Estee Lauder.

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19 h. ago Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auctionA painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m, A$364m) with fees, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and the most expensive work of modern art sold at auction.The six-foot-tall painting, titled Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, was painted by the Austrian painter between 1914 and 1916 and shows Lederer, a young heiress and daughter of Klimt’s patrons, draped in a Chinese robe. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Alan Rickman’s personal scripts and mementoes up for auction

Lots include the annotated shooting script for Die Hard and a hand-drawn Halloween card from his Harry Potter co-star Rupert GrintAlan Rickman’s obsessive attention to detail is revealed in the copious annotations he made on all his scripts, as a number of film-related items from the late actor’s personal collections are put up for auction including screenplays from Die Hard and Harry Potter.Propstore, the Los Angeles and London-based auction firm that specialises in entertainment industry memorabilia and recently sold a Star Wars lightsaber for £2.7m, is staging a three-day sale in which a number of lots originating from the Alan Rickman archive will be available. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 3 Bob Ross paintings sell for a ‘happy accident’ of $600K to help fund PBS

All three paintings were sold for much more than their pre-auction estimates of about $50,000 each

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7 d. ago A happy circumstance: Bob Ross paintings sell for more than $600K to help public TV stations

Three paintings from public television legend Bob Ross have sold for over $600,000 at auction

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2 w. ago Will Ferrell’s Elf costume could fetch up to £200,000 at auction

The film about a man raised as one of Father Christmas’s elves is considered to be one of the top festive films of all time.

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2 w. ago 'Lily Lola' fishing boat seized after £100m cocaine bust to be sold at auction

The vessel is now looking for a new owner

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3 w. ago Noel Gallagher's handwritten lyrics for Oasis hit Don't Look Back In Anger are sold for FIVE times their value as bidding war climbs to £20,000

The singer's words sold at auction for five times more than their valuation. Collectables company Propstore initially valued the handwritten relic for £4,000.

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3 w. ago Immortal Noel Gallagher memento of last Oasis gig fetches huge sum

The star-studded sale comes shortly after another red guitar with a fascinating back story also sold at a separate auction

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3 w. ago Footage of Oasis on stage in Glasgow before the band made it big sells for £28,000 at auction

Never before seen footage of Oasis performing in Glasgow on the night they were discovered has sold for more than £28,000 at auction.

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3 w. ago Lost Salvador Dalí painting bought for £150 sold at auction for £45,700

Illustration of ‘old sultan’ by surrealist artist found at a house clearance sale by Cambridge antiques dealerTo the untrained eye, it looks more like an alien has landed on Chewbacca’s head than a masterpiece by Salvador Dalí.But the watercolour and felt-tip painting – bought two years ago for £150 – has been sold at auction for £45,700, after it was identified as a lost illustration of an “old sultan” by the great surrealist artist. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Florian Schneider’s Kraftwerk equipment to go on sale, expected to fetch up to $650,000

Auction in US includes late musician’s vocoders, flute, sunglasses and bike he rode in Tour de France videoHe was a pioneer of electronic music whose band Kraftwerk redefined the sound of pop and influenced artists from David Bowie and New Order to Coldplay and Run-DMC.Now the electronic equipment and musical instruments Florian Schneider used to create some of the band’s best-known songs in the 1970s and 1980s could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars when they are sold at auction next month. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Florian Schneider’s Kraftwerk instruments put up for auction in US

Sale includes late musician’s vocoders, flute, sunglasses and bike he rode in Tour de France videoHe was a pioneer of electronic music whose band Kraftwerk redefined the sound of pop and influenced artists from David Bowie and New Order to Coldplay and Run-DMC.Now the electronic equipment and musical instruments that Florian Schneider used to create some of the band’s best-known songs in the 1970s and 1980s could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars when they are sold at auction next month. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Russell Watson on keeping stuff he doesn’t need: ‘I am a hoarder’

The singer tells Lisa Salmon how he sold some of his possessions on Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House: ‘My wife calls it rubbish, I call it stuff’

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