If you would like to own a piece of history, and one that possibly has links to American politics, then you’ll be interested in what is being auctioned off at Christie’s later this month.
The 1872 ballot box belonging to Yale’s secretive Skull and Bones society that is being offered for sale at Christie’s New York [...]

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For the first time since 1920, when Prohibition began, fine and rare spirits are going to be auctioned off in New York at Christie’s. An impeccable selection of fine wines and spirits is going on at Christie’s on November 14. Some $2 million worth will cross the auction block, including over 40 lots of carefully-curated [...]

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A second group of artworks from the collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his auction-house-owning partner Pierre Berge is expected to fetch up to 4 million euros ($5.7 million) when it appears for sale in November. Berge and Saint Laurent built up one of the world’s biggest and most important private [...]

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What is expected to be the biggest sale of privately owned art will take place in Paris early next year when the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent’s collection goes up for auction. Yesterday Christie’s unveiled details of items that are expected to fetch up to $480 million.
Saint Laurent, who in the words of one [...]

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Want to own a masterpiece? Luxury auction house, Christie’s, is selling the Pablo Picasso Au Cabaret on July 31, 2008. This framed etching was completed by Pablo Picasso in 1934, on Auvergne Richard de Bas, and has the the artist’s stamped signature, numbered 32/50 (there were also 19 artist’s proofs). This piece was published by [...]

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Christie’s Iconic Collections will present the James Brown Collection on July 17th. Encompassing the entertainer’s legendary life and historic career, this sale offers the rare opportunity to acquire personal effects of this titan of the 20th century. Nearly 350 lots will be offered in the sale of personal and stage clothing, musical instruments, jewellery, awards [...]

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Athina Onassis, the heiress once dubbed ‘the richest little girl in the world’, is selling millions of pounds of jewelry she inherited.
The only surviving descendant of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, 23-year-old Athina has decided to sell more than 40 pieces owned by her mother, Christina, who died when she was three.
The sale is prompted [...]

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