door Yves Joris | 14 feb 2015 | Art auction
The original manuscript of Don McLean’s American Pie is set to be auctioned at Christie’s on April 7. The 16-page document is expected to fetch between 1 and 1.5 million dollar. The song was originally released in 1971 and spent four weeks in the Billboard...
door Yves Joris | 6 feb 2015 | ART, Art auction
After the recent record braking Impressionist auction (186 million dollar) another insane price was paid. It was rumoured that a Qatar museum paid a staggering 300 million dollars for the Gauguin painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?). A quick calculation...
door Yves Joris | 28 dec 2014 | ART, Art auction
Dure bedden vangen veel wind. Dit jaar werd het beruchte bed van Tracy Emin door veilingshuis Christie’s voor meer dan 3 miljoen euro aan een onbekende koper. Tracy Emin heeft altijd beweerd dat ze na een afgebroken relatie vier dagen in dit bed heeft...
door Yves Joris | 26 nov 2014 | ART, Art auction
The Cowardly Lion costume that actor Bert Lahr wore in the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz, was sold at Bonhams for a staggering 3.077.000 USD. via Cowardly Lion Costume Sells for $3.1 Million at Bonhams – artnet News.