• Henry Moore’s art becomes the most expensive piece of British sculpture to be sold

    Sculptor Henry Moore has broken all records and burst through the roof as it fetched a staggering $30.24m for the Reclining Figure Festival that estimated to attract around $5.5m. This record has made it the most expensive piece of British sculpture ever. The bidding took place at Christie's in London for bidding Moore's Reclining Figure Festival, commissioned by the Arts Council for the Festival of Britain in 1951....

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    by shilpa, posted February 9, 2012 - 8:15 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • This Ferrari 250 GTO is the most expensive car ever sold in Britain

    From the Ripley's museum to causing ripples across the world, classic Ferrari cars seems to be the talk of the town. And now, a classic Ferrari 250 GT has become the most expensive car ever sold in Britain with a sale tag of £20.2 million ($31.93 million). With only 39 units built between 1962 and 1964, the vehicle has been world's most sought-after car, and now we know that people will pay anything to get hands on this baby....

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    by kamakshi, posted February 7, 2012 - 5:13 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • Swarovski-studded life-size Fist of the North Star figure fetches $39,000

    And a couple of months after he first surfaced, the life-size Fist of the North Star figure of Kenshirō studded with 500,000 Swarovski crystals worth 10 million yen ($130,000) is someone’s to keep! Up for bids on Yahoo! Japan website in December, the doll earned 3 million yen ($39,000). Studded with 52 different kinds of crystals 185-centimeter-tall (73-inch-tall) figure in an custom-made acrylic case sits pretty in the house of a self-employed man in his 40s from Fujieda City...

    by kamakshi, posted February 6, 2012 - 6:36 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • The world's most expensive painting bought by Qatar royal family

    The best part of being a royal in today’s age of democracy is that you have all glory of being a part of the monarchy and spend well on arts and cultural. That is exactly the royal family of Qatar has done as they purchased Cezanne’s painting titled The Card Players for well over $250 million making it the most expensive work of art ever sold. Sold last year by Greek shipping tycoon George Embiricos, the sale details however...

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    by kamakshi, posted February 6, 2012 - 6:21 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • World's most expensive Valentines Day gift auction includes the world's oldest timepiece

    Curious about what the world's oldest timepiece will fetch at auction? So are we. The rare and exceptional timepiece is being auctioned by Alex Carroll on Valentine's Day. Titled 'The Crown Jewel of the Sea', it is touted as the most expensive Valentine's Day auction ever. Alex Carroll who has a penchant for collecting and transforming nature made heart shaped finds says "it is number one in his limited edition series of clocks and pendants." The timepiece is made...

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    by babita, posted February 1, 2012 - 7:35 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • George Washington's wine cooler rakes in $782,500

    A wine cooler, which George Washington presented to Alexander Hamilton as a gift, raked in as much as $782,500 which is far more that its original expected price of $400,000 - $600,000. The Sheffield-plated silver wine cooler was designed according to specifics given by George Washington himself and has been in the possession of Hamilton’s descendants until this week, when it went under the auction hammer at Christie’s in New York. Out of the three bidders, Gary Hendershott came...

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    by bree, posted January 23, 2012 - 6:19 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • Holbein Madonna artwork raked in highest record price in Germany

    The "Darmstadt Madonna" by Holbein the Younger has been known as one of the best and most valuable examples of Northern Renaissance art and was sold for a record price of $70 million in April last year, which is the highest price ever paid for an artwork in Germany. The buyer here is the much famed German billionaire and businessman Reinhold Würth who says it was completely worth the money he paid. The painting will go up for display...

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    by bree, posted January 18, 2012 - 3:43 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • The most expensive book in the world to go under the hammer in New York

    We’ve heard of versions of John James Audubon’s "The Birds of America” being sold for millions before; $10 million to be precise. Now, the another edition of these iconic staggeringly expensive books will be auctioned for anywhere between $7 million to $10 million. Complete with beautiful illustrations of 400 life-size North American birds put together in four fabulous volumes, these 3½ -feet-tall books are a work of art and history combined. Containing hand-colored prints of just about every Northern...

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    by gavril, posted January 6, 2012 - 9:46 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • World's most expensive tuna sold for a record $736,000 in Japan

    Its a known fact that Japanese love their seafood. So it comes as no surprise that recently a bluefin tuna was sold for a record price. At the first auction of the year in the Tsukiji fish market, the bluefish tuna, a priced delicacy used to make sushi was sold for 56.49 m yen which is US$736,000. It is almost double the price of the bluefin tuna that broke the record last year at $400,000. Mr. Kiyoshi Kimura a...

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    by babita, posted January 6, 2012 - 2:40 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • Top 11 record-breaking auctions of 2011

    Auctions are designed to lure wealthy folks and collectors to bid higher-than-estimated value for rare collectible items. Competitive bidding escalates the value to astronomical numbers. In bargain, bidding winners can boast of possessing the rarest and/or most expensive objects existing on this planet. Throughout 2011, Luxurylaunches has kept up with the record-breaking auctions worldwide. Vehicles, gems, artworks, spirits, watches, celebrity-owned stuff and much more have set the records which will eventually be broken in the years to come. Before...

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    by deepa, posted December 28, 2011 - 7:58 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • The Dragon Slaying Sabre scabbard earns $16,000 under the hammer

    I know gamers can be a crazy lot. They love their Playstations and their games with equal gusto. While action, speed and violence rule the roast as far as games are concerned people pay up humongous amounts of money for special game editions, the Age of Wulin, surpasses all the claims. The game was launched in China on the 25th of December by Snail Games alongside a viral auction. The highlight of the sale was the Dragon Slaying Sabre...

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    by kamakshi, posted December 28, 2011 - 4:10 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • The Oscar for 'Citizen Kane' earns $861,000 under the hammer

    If someone told me a few years back that Oscar statutes are sold for money, I would've been appalled! Well, this is the same thing, but it's not like the Academy Award is fixed, it just means that some winners just give it up as keepsakes. This time around the Oscar statuette that Orson Welles bagged for the original screenplay of "Citizen Kane" went under the hammer. The shimmering statue fetched over $861,000 in an auction conducted by Nate...

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    by kamakshi, posted December 21, 2011 - 4:56 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • McQueen's $984,000 Le Mans racing suit is the most expensive piece of racing memorabilia

    The man of the era – a racer, an acting legend and a sportsman to the core, Steve McQueen has carved his place in cinema and racing simultaneously by the 1970s. To celebrate him and his spirit a suit worn by the legend in the Le Mans movie was part of an auction in California. It went under the hammer for $800,000 plus a further $184,000 in premium fees and taxes. If you do the math that’s a crazy...

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    by monica, posted December 20, 2011 - 7:27 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • Marklin's toy ship with four lifeboats sails to the top of the sale

    Collectors in a quest to find rare antique toys in superior condition struck gold at Bertoia's November 11-12 Toys on World Tour auction, which realized $1,550,000. The top lot of the sale, an exceptionally well-scaled Marklin "Avalanche" painted in light blue and with all four lifeboats, two stacks, flags and other original accessories, had no trouble sailing to $41,400 against an estimate of $20,000-$22,000....

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    by monica, posted December 19, 2011 - 9:54 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

  • Elizabeth Taylor's collection sets a world record for most valuable private collection of jewels sold at auction

    Elizabeth Taylor has been a famed Hollywood siren who died at the age of 79 and had as much as seven husbands during her glamorous life. She is also known for her penchant for jewelry. A huge pearl which was once worn by European royalty and later came in the hands of Elizabeth Taylor was sold for a record price of $11.84 million at a blockbuster auction in New York. Hailed as “La Peregrina,” the pearl was bought for...

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    by bree, posted December 14, 2011 - 8:38 AM in Auctions| Comments ()

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