Cosmetics mogul pays record 135 mln dollars for Klimt portrait
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Makeup magnate and fine art enthusiast Ronald Lauder has paid 135 million dollars, the highest known price ever paid for a painting, for a 1907 Gustav Klimt portrait.
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The "Mona Lisa" of baseball cards has sold for a record $2.35 million.
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A painting by Francis Bacon sells for Â£14m at Christie's in London, a record for the artist.
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The "Mona Lisa" of baseball cards has sold for a record $2.35 million(1.2 million pounds).
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LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters Life!) - In what could be the most valuable sale they have ever staged in Europe, auctioneers Sotheby's said on Wednesday they expect to raise more than 100 million pounds ($195 million) from an Impressionists' auction next week.
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A nude portrait of pregnant supermodel  Kate Moss by one of Britain's most renowned artists, Lucian  Freud, sold for 3.93 million pounds ($7.32 million) at a London  auction on Wednesday.
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A 74-year old man is auctioning a collection of 8,100 items on one of the greatest sex symbols of all times, Bridget Bardot, which he has collected over a period of 58 years.
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A portrait of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici by Raphael sells for more than Â£18m at auction.
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A 13th century Koran was sold for 1.14 million pounds ($2.33 million) on Tuesday, setting two world auction records, auctioneers Christie's said.
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LâOrÃ©al, the cosmetics maker, said second-quarter sales rose 10 percent on gains in Eastern Europe and Asia and a recovery in North America. Sales rose to 4.25 billion euros ($5.85 billion) from 3.85 billion euros a year earlier. LâOrÃ©al, based in Paris, has expanded in emerging markets from Russia to Brazil to stoke growth as customers in those countries spend more money on cosmetics products. âOur most dynamic category was skin care,which has a lot of added value,â the chief executive, Jean-Paul Agon, above, said on a conference call.
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These cosmetics makers have the ability to work investors into a lather.
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Obstetricians, dentists and other specialists are gravitating to the $12 billion a year beauty business.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Cult British graffiti artist Banksy secured his place among the country's art elite on Wednesday when one of his works fetched a record 102,000 pounds ($201,100) at a Sotheby's auction.
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Bidders flipped their wigs Thursday at a Manhattan auction where one of pop art icon Andy Warhol&#039;s signature silver hairpieces sold for &#36;10,800.
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France has always had a soft spot for the lawbreaker. Now JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the trader who cost SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale more than $7 billion, has attracted a fan club of his own.
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Tâs womenâs fashion market directorâs $135 diamond earrings.
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A stainless steel cabinet containing 6,136 handcrafted and painted pills has set a record for the highest price paid at auction for a work by living artist, an auctioneer said.