Auction

Society & culture

Not quite forever? Shirley Bassey auctions her diamonds

Welsh singer Dame Shirley Bassey, 87, famously sang about diamonds in the 1971 James Bond film and said she accepted…

Society & culture

Rediscovered Caravaggio masterpiece to go on show at Madrid’s Museo del Prado

In 2021, proceedings were called to a halt at an art auction in Spain. Something didn’t seem right about one…

Society & culture

Titanic’s wealthiest passenger’s gold pocket watch sells for record-breaking €1.4 million

A gold pocket watch retrieved from the body of the Titanic’s wealthiest passenger has been sold for a record-breaking £1.2…

Society & culture

Pocket watch and violin case of ill-fated Titanic players to go on auction

We all know the story. On 15 April 1912, the passenger ship RMS Titanic, operated by White Star Line, hit…

Green

MEPs agree to give European clean tech manufacturing a boost

Companies operating in Europe renewable energy and other clean tech sectors are set to enjoy streamlined permitting and public procurement…

Society & culture

Lost portrait by Gustav Klimt sold for €30 million at auction in Vienna

A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an…

Society & culture

I want to hold your 12 string: John Lennon’s lost guitar heads to auction

After spending the last 50 years in an attic, John Lennon’s famous ‘Help!’ guitar is headed to auction as part…

Society & culture

Long-lost Klimt portrait goes under the hammer at Vienna auction

A painting by Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt that reappeared after nearly a century will be sold at auction in…

Society & culture

Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe goes under the hammer – both online and in London

Ever wondered what it would be like to glance over and pick out an item from the personal wardrobe of…

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Winston Churchill hated his portrait – and now it’s up for auction

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display yesterday (Tuesday 16…

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