Artnet News
DECEMBER 27, 2024
million auction record in 2023. The post Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Tops 2024 Art Sales With Her Poetic, Timeless Portraits appeared first on Artnet News. A major museum show began traveling internationally in 2021, and she set a $3.6
WorthPoint
AUGUST 21, 2024
Image Source: Goldin Auctions Just months after its latest record-breaking auction, Kenner’s 1979 Boba Fett rocket-firing prototype has achieved a new world auction record. million—more than double its previous record—making it the most expensive toy ever. Niara Collins is the Senior Editor of WorthPoint.
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Invaluable
JUNE 10, 2024
In 2004, a world auction record was set for Weymss Ware, when a Scottish collector bid almost £70,000 (around $86,715) at a Sotheby’s auction for two sleeping piglets produced by the original Fife pottery. Sold for £18,000 GBP via Lyon & Turnbull (January 2024). Cats Weymss Ware tabby cat.
WorthPoint
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Since the sinking and the discovery of the wreck, some pieces from the ship have shown up at auction , including a watch belonging to passenger John Jacob Astor IV, who died on board. In May 2024, a private buyer paid $1.46 million for the watch (approximately £1.175 million), but that record has now been broken.
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