Trove of Oscar Wilde Material Auctioned
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A handwritten chapter of Oscar Wilde's novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," written by the author at the behest of his publishers and including the scandalous visit of the title character to an opium den, has been sold for &#36;132,000.
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Blog: Sotheby's is hosting an auction for a lot of vintage Atari video game memorabilia
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Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when a copy of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York.
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Arena Stage auctioned off a silk kimono from "M. Butterfly" on eBay last week for $637.76. It also unloaded two hand-carved thrones from "Camelot," getting $152.50 for the pair.
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Fixtures and fittings from Damien Hirst's restaurant Pharmacy are set to be auctioned by Sotheby's.
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The total worth of the paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and CÃ©zanne is estimated at $163 million.
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Four of five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were relinquished by Austria this year after a long legal battle are to be auctioned on Nov. 8 at ChristieÂs.
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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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Collectors have consigned hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of art for the November sales in New York.
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A manuscript of Truman Capote's unpublished first novel, which the author abandoned and claimed to have destroyed, has been found in a box of papers and will be auctioned this week at Sotheby's.
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LONDON: Sold to collectors of modern art: the set of bar stools shaped like aspirins, towering medical cabinets, the DNA-themed sculptures and the molecule-inspired ashtrays.
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From his lover's rancorous manuscript to a deathbed picture, Oscar Wilde's glory and shame as a homosexual Victorian dandy and one of his era's greatest celebrities are illuminated in a collection up for sale Friday in London.
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Contemporary art collectors opened their wallets on Thursday and shelled out $42.6 million at a Valentine's Day charity auction spearheaded by rocker Bono and British artist Damien Hirst to benefit the fight against AIDS in Africa.
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An auction of modern and Impressionist paintings becomes the most lucrative art auction held at Sotheby's.
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Collection sold at Christie's sparks bidding in person, by phone and via internet.
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A collection of artworks, thought to be worth up to Â£100m, is donated to the Tate and the National Gallery.
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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.