Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag sells for £7m at Sotheby’s auction
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Jane Birkin owned the original bag and lent her name to all…
Stunned gasps fill Sotheby’s auction room after greedy experts made terrible mistake with ‘$70m’ sculpture
Sotheby’s famed auction room was filled with gasps followed by shocked silence after an iconic statue priced far…
Sotheby’s postpones Buddha jewels auction after India threatens legal action
The auction house Sotheby’s has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to…
A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for $11.25 Million at Sotheby’s
A 311-year-old Stradivarius violin sold for $11.25 million at Sotheby’s on Friday, in a closely watched auction that…
As Art Sales Fall, Christie’s and Sotheby’s Pivot to Luxury
When art works fetch spectacular auction prices, like the record $450.3 million for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi”…
Fruit vendor’s heartbreaking reaction after learning his 35 cent banana was bought for $5.2 million at a Sotheby’s art auction
A man who initially sold a 35-cent banana was stunned and heartbroken when he discovered it had become…
That’s just bananas! ‘Pure genius’ work of fruit duct-taped to a wall sells at Sotheby’s auction for eye-watering amount
By SABRINA PENTY Published: 06:43 EST, 21 November 2024 | Updated: 06:56 EST, 21 November 2024 An art…
Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch forces Sotheby’s to pull auction of the late singer’s possessions as questions remain over how they came into her friends’ possession
One of the country’s leading art houses has been forced into an embarrassing auction U-turn on an upcoming…
Amy Winehouse and Marianne Faithfull personal items to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
BBC Items from Amy Winehouse’s archives – including handwritten lyrics and a personalised bowling shirt – are being…