Enjoy a Private Tennis Lesson with Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf

Enjoy a Private One Hour Tennis Lesson with Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf in Las Vegas. The lucky bidder can improve his tennis game with a dream opportunity. The proceeds for this auction benefit Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) – world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research … Read more

Sotheby’s to auction Beau Sancy, a diamond of supreme historical importance

Beau Sancy, a diamond of supreme historical importance and one of the most rare diamonds ever to come to auction, will led Sotheby’s Geneva sale of Magnificent Jewelsand Noble Jewels on 15 May 2012. Passed down through the Royal Families of France, England, Prussia and the House of Orange, the celebrated diamond has been the … Read more

Top 10 Artists by auction revenue

Top 10 Artists: Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Xu Beihong, Wu Guanzhong, Fu Baoshi,  Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Li Keran Having emerged as the world’s strongest art marketplace last year, it comes as no surprise to find China’s two leading artists now holding the top two places in Artprice’s global ranking of artists by auction revenue. … Read more

Record-breaking, Ferrari Powered hydroplane to be auctioned

Ferrari Powered Hydroplane to be Auctioned The world-famous Ferrari-engined Hydroplane racing boat, ARNO XI, is now set to fetch around $1.5 million at RM Auctions’ Monaco auction, 11th – 12th May, 2012. This world-famous racing boat was constructed with assistance from Ferrari and the great Grand Prix drivers of the period and went on to … Read more

Artprice’s Annual Art Market Report: Art sold better than at any other time in history

This year, Artprice’s annual art market report – based on 6.3 million auction results from 4,500 auction houses around the world focused particularly on China’s successful conquest of the global art market. In spite of the sword of Damocles hanging over the West, art in fact sold better in 2011 than at any other time … Read more

The Scream, the defining image of modernity, expected to fetch at least $80 mn at auction

Edvard Munch’s  “The Scream” painting expected to top $80 mn at auction A version of “The Scream,” one of the world’s most famous paintings and an iconic image of despair, will go on sale this May in New York, where it is expected to fetch at least $80 million, Sotheby’s auctioneers said to AFP. Edvard … Read more