And What Is A $2.7 Million Whisky Like? Cheers to a Record-Breaking Sip

A bottle of Macallan Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction. Cheers to a Record-Breaking Sip: The Macallan Adami 1926 Whisky Sells for $2.7 Million. In a historic moment for whisky enthusiasts and collectors alike, The Macallan Adami 1926 has claimed the throne as the world’s most expensive bottle of Scotch whisky, … Read more

Sotheby’s creates a Global Luxury & Lifestyle Division

Sotheby’s, the British multinational corporation headquartered in New York City, is uniting its jewelry, watches, wine, cars, and realty divisions under one umbrella. The company announced the appointment of Maarten ten Holder as global Managing Director of the Company’s new Luxury & Lifestyle Division. An accomplished auctioneer, Maarten regularly conducts sales in all of Sotheby’s major … Read more

Auction milestone for blue diamonds: The Sky Blue Diamond at Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels Geneva

Blue is the warmest colour. The spectacular ‘Sky Blue Diamond’, a Fancy Vivid blue diamond ring weighing 8.01 carats, with a stunning mount by Cartier, will be sold at Sotheby’s Geneva on 16 November. Within the past two years alone, Sotheby’s auction house has twice set a new world record auction price for a blue diamond, … Read more

Sotheby’s to offer never before seen pieces. Record sales expected.

Record sales expected at Sotheby’s auction. Three months after Sotheby’s record-breaking sale of Contemporary Art in New York, the auction house is bringing to the market a number of major art works, many of which have rarely, if ever, been seen at auction before. Sotheby’s flagship Contemporary Art sale in London on Tuesday 12th February … Read more

Jony Ive and Marc Newson collaborate with Bono on (RED) Auction

Two of the world’s foremost design pioneers – Sir Jonathan Ive KBE and Marc Newson CBE – have collaborated with musician and philanthropist Bono to organize a (RED) Auction to raise money for the Global Fund’s fight to end AIDS. And truly extraordinary is exactly what the (RED) Auction at Sotheby’s, New York on November … Read more

The greatest white diamond ever to be offered at auction

Discovered in 2011 from the deep mines in Southern Africa, the 299 carat rough of the Magnificent Oval Diamond is one of the largest and most beautiful diamond roughs found in recent years. Carefully and meticulously worked over a period of months, the resulting stone is estimated to achieve US$28/35 million / HK$220/280 million at … Read more