A dazzling tiara featuring emeralds believed to have belonged to Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, sold for a record 11.28 million Swiss francs ($12.80 million) to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby's.
The diamond and emerald...
An extremely rare translucent pink diamond fetched a price of $10.8 million at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday, the third-highest price ever paid for one of the pink stones at auction.
"It is the third-highest...
A celebrated masterpiece by Pablo Picasso has sold at Sotheby's auction house in London for £25.2 million ($40,5 million), more than double its pre-auction valuation.
"La Lecture" is a work from the Spanish painter's "annus...
A Chinese face or two in the crowd at the world's auction houses often means one thing: the gavel will fall on a price far beyond the seller's wildest dreams.
Fierce bidding by Chinese buyers...
A rare copy of John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' set a new world record for a printed book at auction Tuesday, selling for 7.3 million pounds in London.
The four-volume book was subject to...
A bracelet owned by Wallis Simpson, whose affair with Edward VIII led to his abdication, has sold for a world record-breaking £4.5m ($7m) at auction.
The diamond panther bracelet, was sold by Sotheby’s....
A rare pink diamond that is regarded as one of the most desirable and beautiful in the world was sold for a record 46.16 million dollars on Tuesday.
Sotheby’s had valued the 24.78 carat Fancy...
An Andy Warhol canvas of a black-and-white Coke bottle has sold for $35.36m at an auction in New York.
Sotheby's said Coca-Cola (Large Coca-Cola) "is a landmark in the artist's creation of his pop...
