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Rare AP Royal Oak fetches for PHP 11 million at Finale’s recent auction

ANCX
Updated as of Nov 11 08:00 AM

Sold for the first time in an auction, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin went under the hammer for more than USD 200,000 at the gallery’s latest event. Read more »

Kurt Cobain's cigarette-burned sweater sells for $334,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 09:06 AM

A quarter-century after grunge's enigmatic rhapsodist took his own life, Kurt Cobain's iconic cigarette-singed cardigan worn during Nirvana's 1993 "Unplugged" performance has sold for $334,000. Read more »

Banksy smashes own record as chimp parliament painting fetches $12 million at auction

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 04:47 PM

A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million pounds or over $12 million, Sotheby's auction house said.   Read more »

How Xavier’s art fundraiser caught the eyes of the city's collectors

Jam Pascual
Updated as of Sep 30 07:12 AM

The Xavier and ICA art fair has suddenly become an important event for serious collectors, artists, and galleries. Here’s why these two Catholic institutions are making a splash in the art world. Read more »

Swiss to auction 25 super cars seized from E. Guinea leader's son

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 08:18 AM

A collection of luxury cars seized from Equatorial Guinea's vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema will be auctioned off in Switzerland on Sunday and are estimated to bring in 18.5 million Swiss francs ($18.7 million). Read more »

From P18M, “La Pintura” by Hidalgo sells for a record-breaking P78M

ANCX
Updated as of Sep 22 10:26 AM

The last time a Hidalgo was sold was October of last year in a Spanish auction house  Read more »

ABS-CBN Ball gown ni Judy Ann Santos, isusubasta para sa Bantay Bata

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 07:35 PM

Matapos rumampa ni Judy Ann Santos sa naganap na ABS-CBN Ball 2019 nitong Sabado, inanunsyo ng aktres ang planong pagsubasta ng kanyang sinuot na gown para makatulong sa Bantay Edukasyon program ng Bantay Bata 163.  Read more »

In 4 minutes, 'Mother of all Philippine maps' sold for P46.72 million

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Sep 22 10:29 AM

The map is known to have contributed to winning our case against China in The Hague. Read more »

Hidalgo’s ‘La Pintura’ is up for auction with a starting price of P18 M

Bam V. Abellon
Updated as of Sep 12 08:13 PM

After Juan Luna’s boceto for the Spoliarium sold for Php 73.5 million at Salcedo Auction’s Well-Appointed Life edition last year, its former housemate in Spain, Hidalgo’s 'La Pintura,' will be up for auction on the 21st of the month. Will 'pretty' sell for more?  Read more »

The maps that strengthened our claim to the West Philippine Seas will be auctioned this weekend

John L. Silva
Updated as of Sep 11 04:44 PM

Used in the Hague proceedings on the country’s border disputes, the Murillo-Velarde map is a masterful work of art. Described by the consignor’s museum director as having “distinctive strength,” it will be auctioned off at Leon Gallery this coming Saturday. Read more »

‘First’ Porsche model fails to sell in bungled auction

Neil Vigdor, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 20 08:46 AM

The bidding on the avant-garde coupe, referred to by some car collectors as the “first” Porsche, had been expected to open at $13 million during an RM Sotheby’s Auction on Saturday night in Monterey, California. But something went awry, and the bidding started much higher than planned. Read more »

Obama basketball jersey sells for $120,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 07:40 AM

NEW YORK - A basketball jersey once owned by former US president Barack Obama sold Monday for $120,000, according to the Dallas auction house that sold it. Read more »

Jeff Koons partners with Bernardaud to recreate his controversial, record-breaking pieces

Mandy Altura
Posted at Jul 24 07:24 PM

Fresh off his history-making sale at the Christies’ auction in May, the contemporary artist hopes to continue his success with the 2019 line of his balloon animals with the French porcelain brand, which are all now available in Rustan’s. Read more »

Over the moon: Nike sneakers sell for record $437,500

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 07:28 AM

A new world record for a pair of sneakers was set at auction on Tuesday when an avid collector splashed out $437,500 (about P22.4 million) on Nike's 1972 "Moon Shoe," Sotheby's said.   Read more »

Aurora Pijuan withdraws Mikimoto tiara from auction, gallery says

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 04:27 PM

The tiara by Japanese jeweler Mikimoto is part of Pijuan's prize when she won Miss International in Osaka in 1970. She is the second of 6 Filipinas to win the title. Read more »

$160,000 Nike shoes star in first-of-its kind Sotheby's auction

Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 07:52 AM

Sotheby's is teaming up with streetwear marketplace Stadium Goods to auction 100 pairs of the rarest sneakers ever produced, including a sample of one of the first Nike Inc running shoes with a pre-sale high estimate of $160,000. Read more »

Higit P30-M sulat, artwork nina Rizal at mga national artist sinubasta

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 12:17 AM

Sinubasta ang higit P30 milyong halaga ng mga sulat ng mga bayani tulad ni Jose Rizal at painting ng mga national artist sa Leon Gallery nitong Sabado. Read more »

It's the one you want: Olivia Newton-John's 'Grease' costume up for auction

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 20 09:56 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Olivia Newton-John is putting the black leather jacket and tight pants that she wore in the final number of “Grease” up for auction to help raise money for her cancer treatment center in Australia. Read more »

Sotheby's snapped up by French tycoon Drahi for $3.7 billion

Sudip Kar-Gupta, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Mathieu Rosemain, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 09:04 AM

The acquisition allows Drahi to join French billionaire Francois Pinault - who owns Sotheby's main rival Christie's - at the top of the art world and New York society. Read more »

Germany raises 6.5 billion euros from sale of 5G frequencies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 07:31 AM

Germany has raised some 6.5 billion euros ($7.3 billion) from the sale of 5G frequencies to telecoms firms, the Federal Network Agency, said Wednesday, announcing the result of a 3-month auction. Read more »