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Batman’s debut sells for $1m
A comic showing the debut of superhero Batman has been sold for more than $1m (£655,000) at an auction in Dallas. The rare 1939 copy of Detective Comic No 27 was bought by an anonymous bidder from a seller who also wished to keep their identity secret. The sale comes just days after an early edition... »
Giacometti sculpture fetches £65m at Sotheby’s auction
A life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti has been sold at auction in London for the world record price of £65,001,250. It took just eight minutes for bidders to reach the hammer price after L’Homme Qui Marche I opened at £12m at Sotheby’s auction house. Sotheby’s said it was the most expensive work... »
Rare Alice books up for auction
Several rare early editions of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll are due to be sold at auction in the US. One of the books belonged to 10-year-old Alice Liddell, the Oxford don’s inspiration for Alice, and is expected to fetch up to £90,000. The books are being sold by American football star and children’s book... »
Record prices mark art sale boom
A sale of Impressionist and Modern Art fetched more than than $180m (£108m) at an auction house in New York, marking an unexpected boom in the market. Top of the lots was a bronze sculpture by Italian artist Alberto Giacometti which fetched more than $19m (£11.4), soaring above a $12m (£7.2m) estimate. Artwork by Picasso and... »
REMINDER FOR ‘ART AROUND THE WORLD’
1st Angel creator, Elizabeth Edwards, is holding an Earth related event called “Art around the World”. This charity event, raising money for Greenpeace, will combine the works of creative people around the world. Artists will be sending in paintings and photography. The size of their artwork will be an 8?x8? image in the centre of a... »
Auction house rings the changes
Christie's auction house brings art into the digital age with a new application for the iPhone. »
Russian art auction fetches £18m
The demand for Russian art is "healthy and solid", says Sotheby's auction house after the £2.6m sale of a pair of vases in London. »
Press Release – Art Around The World
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 1st Angel creator, Elizabeth Edwards, is holding an Earth related event called “Art around the World”. This charity event, raising money for Greenpeace, will combine the works of creative people around the world. Artists will be sending in paintings and photography. The size of their artwork will be an 8″x8″... »
Hockney artwork sets record price
Beverly Hills Housewife, a painting by renowned British artist David Hockney sells for a record $7.9m (£5.2m), says auction house Christie's. »
Psycho music score fails to sell
The score to Alfred Hitchcock's horror movie Psycho, fails to sell, Bonhams auction house says. »





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