Jun 29, 2023 | Art, Auctions
A lost Rubens painting could sell for as much as $7.7 million, or even more, at Sotheby’s next month. “Saint Sebastian Tended by Two Angels,” was painted over 400 years ago. It shows the young Roman soldier Sebastian, naked and peirced by soldier’s arrows...
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...
