Russian mining giant Alrosa supplies about a third of the world’s raw gems, and US sanctions against the ...
After string of adventures, ancient gold ring back in Greece - AP
After string of adventures, ancient gold ring back in Greece - AP
A more than 3,000-year-old gold signet ring that was stolen from an Aegean island in World War II, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian sci...
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Aviva enters exclusive talks to acquire Azur’s HNW business
Aviva enters exclusive talks to acquire Azur’s HNW business
Aviva has entered exclusive negotiations with specialist MGA Azur Underwriting to acquire its high net worth (HNW) personal lines business in the UK and Ireland and trans...
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$142 Million Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Smashes Ferrari Rec...
$142 Million Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Smashes Ferrari Record - Bloomberg
In a private auction for top collectors put on by Mercedes itself, one of just two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés ever made sold for a jaw-dropping price.
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Women Dominate at Sotheby’s $283.4 M. Contemporary Art Sales – ARTnews
Women Dominate at Sotheby’s $283.4 M. Contemporary Art Sales – ARTnews
Records were set for Anna Weyant, Simone Leigh, Jennifer Packer, and more...
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Painting traded for a cheese sandwich in 1973 sold at auction for C$35...
Painting traded for a cheese sandwich in 1973 sold at auction for C$350,000 - The Guardian
Maud Lewis sold her paintings on Nova Scotia roadsides but found a larger audience after a 2016 biopic chronicled her life and work...
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$85 M. Basquiat Makes Bullish Return, Bringing Phillips Evening Sale t...
$85 M. Basquiat Makes Bullish Return, Bringing Phillips Evening Sale to Record $226 M. - ArtNews
Records were set for Yayoi Kusama and Robin F. Williams...
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Qianlong-period Chinese vase, kept in kitchen, fetches almost £1.5m - ...
Qianlong-period Chinese vase, kept in kitchen, fetches almost £1.5m - BBC
The blue-glazed vase had been estimated to sell at auction for between £100,000-£150,000...
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Picasso painting of his lover as a sea creature sells for $67.5m at Ne...
Picasso painting of his lover as a sea creature sells for $67.5m at New York auction - The Guardian
Femme nue Couchée among works by Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin and others to go under hammer for total $166m....
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Records for Under-Recognized Artists Bring Sotheby’s Modern Art Sale t...
Records for Under-Recognized Artists Bring Sotheby’s Modern Art Sale to $408.5 M. - ArtNews
Leonora Carrington, Milton Avery, and Jarede French saw new benchmarks for their work...
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There’s no dress like this one - Business Insurance
There’s no dress like this one - Business Insurance
Legal wrangling over who owns a dress worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” is heating up after a federal judge on Monday ordered a May 23 hearing...
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