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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Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova has a special place in the history of the Russian art. She is the ‘mother’ of the Russian Avant-garde, a movement which gained international fame and importance for the Russian national school of painting. Goncharova was truly a pioneer; the first Russian female painter to participate in the Paris Salon d’Automne and […]

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For those who love the impressionists and modern art, Christie’s auction house is selling a Claude Monet painting.  As part of the Nymphéas series, this work of art acheived immediate critical success. When the Nymphéas show finally opened at Durand-Ruel’s gallery in May 1909, it was an unqualified success. Including the present painting, forty-eight views […]

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