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Taj Palace, New Delhi

Celebrating 115 years of The Taj: Charita gala & fundraising auction at Taj Palace, New Delhi

Taj Palace, New Delhi, the capital’s landmark hotel is all set to host the second edition of 115 Years Charity Gala on Friday, August 9, 2019 in support of the Taj Public Service Welfare Trust. 

Published on 30th July 2019
The Nike Moon Shoe (Image: YouTube)

Rare Nike 'Moon Shoe' breaks record, sells for $437,500 at Sotheby's online auction

A rare pair of Nike's 'Moon Shoe' designed by the sportswear giant's co-founder has sold for a record-breaking $437,500, breaking the world auction record for a pair of sneakers.

Published on 24th July 2019
BB King (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

BB King's 'Lucille' guitar, touring van, jewellery and clothes get listed for auction

Julien's Auctions announced Tuesday that BB King's black Gibson ES-345 prototype guitar is among the items from his estate that will go up for bid on Sep 21.

Published on 23rd July 2019
Sonal Singh (Image courtesy: Christie's India)

Profile: Sonal Singh's nuanced tryst with art, and its business with Christie's India

For Christies India Managing Director and art specialist Sonal Singh, collecting artefacts began at the age of four with a coin album and a stamp book. 

Published on 21st July 2019
1976 Harley Davidson FLH 1200 Electra Glide owned by Elvis Presley. (GWS Auctions via AP)

Elvis Presley's Harley Davidson and personal stretch limo are up for auction

Elvis Presley fans can take to the road in his personal stretch limousine, on his last motorcycle or in a pickup truck if they have the money, an auction house announced Wednesday.

Published on 13th July 2019
A painting by Leon Kossoff (Annely Juda Fine Art via AP)

British artist Leon Kossoff, master of moody, rough-edged post-war London paintings, dies at 92

British artist Leon Kossoff, who painted his home city of London in all its moody, rough-edged glory, has died. He was 92.

Published on 7th July 2019
2016 file photo: An Egyptian guard walks out of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Christie's goes ahead with auction of contested 3,000-year-old King Tut stone sculpture

Christie's has gone forward with the auction of a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun despite protests from the Egyptian government.

Published on 5th July 2019
Pocket Watch Space Traveller I (Photo Credit: Sotheby's)

English pocket watch Space Traveller I sells for record price at Sotheby's auction  

A pocket watch known as Space Traveller I, one of the only 23 ever made by George Daniels that commemorates the 1969 moon landing, went under the hammer for INR 31.3 crore at Sotheby's.

Published on 4th July 2019
Diana_sweatshirt

Princess Diana’s workout sweatshirt expected to fetch over $5,000 in online auction

The baggy Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt was worn by the Princess of Wales to discourage media interest in her exercise routine

 

Published on 2nd July 2019
Analysis of lunar samples from the Apollo 14 mission (Photo Credit: NASA)

One Giant Leap: Artefacts from first NASA moon missions set to go on auction

Nearly 200 artefacts from the NASA missions of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Apollo and Gemini programmes, will go on auction on July 18 at Christie's New York.

Published on 30th June 2019
David Gilmour performs in Pompeii, Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

David Gilmour puts his guitars up for auction, raises $21.5 million

An auction of David Gilmour's guitars has raised a lot of Money — to combat climate change.

Published on 22nd June 2019
Sotheby's sold!

Sotheby's sold! French-Israeli billionaire buys out auction house for $3.7 billion

The 275-year-old auction house Sotheby's is being sold to a French Israeli businessman for about $3.7 billion.

Published on 18th June 2019
Auction record broken for Bhupen Khakhar; Two Men in Benares sells for £2.54 million

Auction record broken for Bhupen Khakhar; Two Men in Benares sells for 2.54 million pounds

Sotheby’s sales of Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art totalled £7,459,000 ($9.5 million) in London today comfortably exceeding the pre-sale estimate of £4.1-5.8 million.

Published on 11th June 2019
Huma Mulji, Arabian Delight, 2008

Saffronart’s summer online auction to feature rare, unseen works by VS Gaitonde & FN Souza

Saffronart will conduct its annual Summer Online Auction on 12 – 13 June 2019, featuring 120 works by leading modern and contemporary artists.

Published on 3rd June 2019
Claude Monet's painting titled 'Meules'

Claude Monet haystack painting fetches $110.7M at NY auction

One of Claude Monet's iconic paintings of haystacks has fetched a record $110.7 million at an auction in New York.

Published on 15th May 2019

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