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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) – An important set of pistols that was gifted to Simón Bolívar from the Marquis de La-fayette is expected to fetch between $1.5 to 2.5 million (USD) when it goes on sale at Christie’s in New York. Christie’s specialist Becky MacGuire, said the lot is exquisite and so important because of its history. “We’re very excited to have these pistols they are such a rare treasure. They […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – The largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at an auction shattered Asia’s jewelry auction record in Hong Kong on Tuesday (April 5) evening. The internally flawless blue diamond, weighing at 10.10 carats, was sold to an anonymous phone bidder at US$31.8 million at Sotheby’s Spring Sales after a couple minutes of bidding. Before a 12 percent buyer’s premium was added, the diamond’s hammer price of US$28.38 […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – A painting by Chinese artist Zhang Daqian sold for nearly $35 million (24.54 million pounds) at an auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday (April 5), the most one of his works has ever fetched, underscoring strong demand for quality Chinese art despite an overall slowdown in the market. The two-meter (6.5 feet) long scroll inkbrush painting “Peach Blossom Spring” more than tripled its expected price at a spring Sotheby’s […]
(Reuters) – Tesla Motors gave a sneak preview Thursday (March 31) of its Model 3 sedan, saying more than 130,000 people had ordered the car, even though it is more than a year away from production. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of the Model 3 in Hawthorne, California outside Los Angeles to hundreds of Tesla owners and the media, saying the vehicle will go into production in 2017 at a starting […]
