Mar 29, 2023 | Culture, New York, News & Trending
A Hebrew Bible over a millennia old is going up for auction, and Sotheby’s hopes it will sell for at least $30 million. The Codex Sassoon is 1,100 years old. It’s handwritten on parchment and leather-bound, and a nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible....
Mar 28, 2022 | Art, Auctions, New York, News & Trending
Yves Klein’s invisible art sold for pure gold in 1958, and the receipt will sell for half-a-million Euros, according to Sotheby’s. In 1958, French artist Yves Klein set a empty cabinet in an empty room in a Paris art gallery and thousands of people paid to...
Nov 29, 2021 | Art, Auctions, Culture, New York, News & Trending
The fall art auctions in New York City are always worth a watch, and this year they’ve blown away old records. A surge in global wealth among the already-wealthy and an urge to lock money into inflation-resistant investments like fine art have been the major...
Sep 10, 2021 | Art, Auctions, New York, News & Trending
Love Is in the Bin” is for sale again, and this time it could net over $5.5 million dollars. Originally titled “Girl With Balloon,” the painting was a by-the-artist recreation of one of Banksy’s famous graffiti artworks, featuring exactly what it says in the...
May 15, 2019 | Auctions, News & Trending
The most expensive Impressionist artwork ever sold at an auction was purchased at Sotheby’s in New York this past Tuesday. It was a painting from Monet’s “Haystacks” series. An anonymous bidder acquired it for $110.7 million. “One of the most recognizable images...
