Arts, Briefly: An Auction for Love and for Money
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A Valentineâs Day charity auction at Sothebyâs in New York raised more than $42.5 million to benefit H.I.V./AIDS relief programs in Africa, far above the presale estimate of about $29 million, The Associated Press reported. Organized by Sothebyâs, Bono, Damien Hirst (whose âWhere Thereâs a Will Thereâs a Way,â above, was among the works sold) and the Gagosian Gallery, the event set sale records for 17 artists, including Howard Hodgkin, Marc Quinn and Keith Tyson, and included pieces by Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha. Proceeds will go the United Nations Foundation and will support programs run by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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A month after its unpopular price hikes, the auction site seeks to smooth some ruffled business feathers. Also: Kuwait blocks radical websites to combat terrorism.... Google loses a legal round in France.... and more.
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It is no secret that the art market has become drunk with money lately, but $100 million for a diamond skull by the artist Damien Hirst? Even Russian oligarchs and hedge-fund billionaires might think twice.
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Claude Monet's masterpiece Nympheas is expected to fetch up to Â£15m at auction.
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Some of the world's most famous meteorites are up for sale in a New York auction called the first of its kind.
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Some mutual funds invest in stocks; others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering the chance to own fine art.
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Prices for Russian works of art set a  series of new records at auctions in London this week as rich  Russians flexed their financial muscles.
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Prices for Russian works of art set a series of new records at auctions in London this week as rich Russians flexed their financial muscles.
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Lovers of Kennedy lore will get a rare chance at owning some common possessions of late President John F. Kennedy and his family in an auction of art, furniture and other effects from their homes.
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More than 100 million pounds worth of impressionist and modern art changed hands Monday evening at a Christie's auction that kicked off a week packed with sales.
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If you're looking online for a sweetheart, beware: You may find a new meaning for the expression "money can't buy love."
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Comments on the proposed rules is due by Aug. 31. The auction is officially being dubbed Auction 73, and by law, all bidding must be commenced by Jan. 28.
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Jeff Koonsâs âBlue Diamond,â will be offered for sale on Nov. 13 at Christieâs auction of postwar and contemporary art, with an estimate of around $12 million.
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Auction site will offer radio spots, in a rival to a similar Google service.
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A very large and valuable pile of assets now stands to change hands, possibly quite soon.
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Art collectors have consigned artworks valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars for the November sales at New York's auction houses. Christie's and Sotheby's, the city's two most popular houses, say estimates for sales totals are the highest in almost 15 years.
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Arts & entertainment: What's behind our sudden craving for big, bold works of public art?