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Holiday Gift Guide and December Preview
ARTFIXdaily / November 23rd, 2015
Browse selections for your holiday gift list and preview December’s art events from ARTFIXdaily’s ArtGuild network of leading galleries, auction houses and museums. Find a selection of fine art, jewelry and antiques; art books and collectibles; experiences and exhibitions. And preview ...
Largest Diamond in 100 Years Discovered in Botswana
MSN / November 19th, 2015
A snowball-sized, 1,111 carat "gem quality, Type IIa" diamond was unearthed at a mine in Botswana on Monday. Vancouver-based mine company Lucara Diamond Corp. says it is the largest diamond discovered in over a century after the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond found in 1905 in ...
Hong Kong Tycoon's 7-Year-Old Daughter Gets $77M in Diamonds from Auctions
CBS News / November 12th, 2015
Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau, who was convicted of corruption last year, was the buyer of two record-setting diamonds at auction this week, according to his office. Lau paid about $77 million for the two gems, including "Blue Moon," a 12.03-carat fancy vivid blue diamond. It brought the ...
Pink Diamond Demands Record $28.5 Million in Geneva
ArtfixDaily / November 10th, 2015
A 16.08-carat cushion-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond, the largest of its kind to ever appear at auction, brought an auction record for the category at Christie's in Geneva when it sold for $28.5m on Tuesday. A Hong Kong bidder is reported to have renamed their purchase “The Sweet ...
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show Highlights Something Old, Something New Aesthetic
ArtfixDaily / October 22nd, 2015
Rooted in Victorian times and infused with the energy of today's tech industry, San Francisco is a place where old and new, tradition and innovation, blend seamlessly. West Coast art collectors and designers just as easily mix styles and periods, and flock ...
Chinese Imperial Portrait Tops $344 Million Sale Series in Asia
Diamond World / October 8th, 2015
An imperial portrait depicting Chinese Emperor Qianlong's favorite consort fetched a record $17.6 million on Wednesday at Sotheby's in Hong Kong closing a five-day flurry of sales. An anonymous bidder prevailed after a 20-minute bidding battle for the painting by Italian ...
Nazi Gold Train Finders Claim 'Priceless' Amber Room Could Be Inside
Daily Mail / September 23rd, 2015
Two treasure hunters who say research led them to the site in Poland where a Nazi train supposedly laden with unknown documents and valuables is buried in a tunnel have a new claim. The pair says the long-lost Amber Room stolen from the Russian czars could be on board the ...
Flawless 'Blue Moon' Diamond Could Fetch Record $55 Million
Forbes / September 17th, 2015
Weighing 12.03 carats, a blue diamond termed internally flawless by the GIA -- discovered in South Africa over a year ago -- could sell for a record $55 million at Sotheby's this fall. Dubbed the Blue Moon diamond, the buzzworthy stone will tour Hong ...
Art, Offerings in Leonardo DiCaprio Gala Auction Set to Raise Major Funds for Environmental Causes
Forbes / July 19th, 2015
At a private villa in St. Tropez on July 22, a massive auction organized by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation will offer up a host of fine art, jewelry, properties, goods and experiences to raise funds for environmental conservation. The first edition of the event raised $25 million last year, ...
Burmese Ruby Tops Record-Setting $160.9 Million Jewelry Auction in Geneva
Forbes / May 13th, 2015
Buyers clamored for Cartier jewles and more in Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale on Tuesday. The sale reached over $160.9 million, the highest ever total for any jewelry auction. In all, 93.5 percent of the 484 lots sold with a number of auction records set at the sale ...
Elizabeth Taylor Trust Sues Christie's Over Jewelry Sale
Page Six / February 26th, 2015
The estate of a Hollywood legend and Christie's auction house in a legal tangle over a $8.8 million sale that was caanceled. Actress Elizabeth Taylor’s Taj Mahal necklace (a 40th birthday gift from Richard Burton) was part of the $183.5 million auction of her jewels in 2011 ...
Winston Churchill's Belongings, Paintings Under the Hammer
Guardian / December 15th, 2014
An auction of Winston Churchill's personal possessions is set for Dec. 17 at Sotheby's in London. A preview is underway of the items left by his last surviving child, Lady Mary Soames, who died last June, aged 91. A gallery of Churchill's own paintings, regarded as the most important group ever ...
Bunny Mellon's Blue Diamond Fetches Record Price
ArtfixDaily / November 23rd, 2014
A Fancy Vivid Blue pear-shaped diamond from the estate of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon brought...
Watch Brings World Record $24 Million in Geneva
Business Insider / November 12th, 2014
Billed as the most complicated watch in the world, a gold Patek Philippe reached a record $24 million (with buyer's premium) on Tuesday.
Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art
New York Times / August 27th, 2014
New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.
New Aspen Art Museum's Gift Shop Goes Upscale
FT / August 11th, 2014
The $45 million, 33,000-square-foot Shigeru Ban-designed building that houses the new Aspen Art Museum will offer visitors some museum-worthy items in its gift shop.
MFA Boston to Showcase Hollywood Glamour in Fall Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / August 5th, 2014
Adornments from the golden age of the silver screen will go on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this fall. “Hollywood Glamour: Fashion and Jewelry from the Silver Screen” will present designer gowns and exquisite jewelry from the 1930s and ‘40s...
Lalique: First Boutique Opened in a Century, Founder's Home to Become Luxury Hotel
Forbes / July 10th, 2014
Returning to its roots the French luxury brand, Lalique, recently opened its first boutique dedicated to jewelry since the company’s founding almost 110 years ago.
Bunny Mellon's Fine Collections Head to Sotheby's
New York Times / July 2nd, 2014
Ever since Rachel Lambert Mellon died in March at the age of 103, the art world has been wondering what would become of the vast treasures of art and objects that she and her husband, Paul Mellon, had collected and lived with.
100-Carat Yellow Diamond Achieves Record $16 Million at Auction
Forbes / May 15th, 2014
A private buyer pursued a 100-carat yellow diamond to 14.5 million Swiss francs (16.3 million dollars) at a Sotheby's jewelry sale in a Geneva. The buyer also took her time with the bidding...