Rare Magna Carta to be sold at Sotheby's in NYC
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A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta valued at up to $30 million is due to be sold by The Perot Foundation at Sotheby's in New York in December, the auction house said on Tuesday.
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Furniture, artwork and knickknacks from the homes of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will be auctioned in February, Sotheby's announced Tuesday.
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Christie's sold a Francis Bacon triptych for 26.3 million pounds ($51.7 million) late on Wednesday, the highest price paid at a European auction for a post-war work, and narrowly short of the artist's record.
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A collection of works by artists including Henri Matisse sell for a total cost of $395m in New York.
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A rare signed first edition Harry Potter book sells for Â£19,700 at Christie's auction house in London.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- Records were set Thursday for works by Gauguin, Modigliani and Mondrian as Sotheby&#39;s opened its two-day auction of impressionist and modern art.
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Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the king and his court (costs not included)."
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The oldest known copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was auctioned Thursday for &#36;545,100, a record price for an American 19th-century literary work, Christie's auction house said.
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A rare mint condition First Folio  edition of William Shakespeare&#039;s plays fetched 2.8 million  pounds (&#36;5.2 million) at an auction on Thursday.
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta â the version that became part of English law â was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million.
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Blog: Sotheby's is hosting an auction for a lot of video game memorabilia from Dig Dug, Pong and others.
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Brueghel's bawdy masterpiece The Kermesse of St George is sold for Â£3.7 million at an auction in London.
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A record number of original works by Banksy are expected to fetch up to Â£300,000 in total at a London sale.
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The treasure that a New York City woman saved from the rubbish -- a stolen masterpiece by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo -- is expected to go for as much as $1 million (488,000 pounds) at auction next month.
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_ An 18,000-square-foot estate on eastern Long Island has been sold for $45 million, reportedly the most ever paid for a home in New York State.
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A rare autographed copy of the poem known as "'Twas the night before Christmas," which was estimated to fetch at least &#36;200,000, failed to find a buyer at an auction on Friday, Sotheby's said.
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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.