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The original Birkin bag is sold for €7 million: The history of Jane Birkin’s Hermès legacy

The first-ever Birkin bag, made for and inspired by actress Jane Birkin herself, has been sold at auction for €7 million (roughly £6 million) by Sotheby’s in Paris. The lot began at €1 million, with advanced bids having already been placed at €1.3 ...

10 Jul 2025 at 16:06

Arts & Entertainment

Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sells for sensational amount

Claude Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute has gone under the hammer for 56.6 million dollars (£45 million), making it the most valuable view of Italy by any artist sold at auction. The piece has joined a series of Monet ...

18 May 2022 at 12:45

Arts & Entertainment

Diamond breaks auction record by selling for nearly £45 million

A pink diamond has been sold for nearly £45 million in Hong Kong, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, ...

07 Oct 2022 at 17:42

Arts & Entertainment

Buzz Aldrin jacket becomes most valuable US space-artefact after selling for huge sum

The jacket worn by astronaut Buzz Aldrin on his historic first mission to the moon has become the most valuable American space artefact ever sold at auction, after fetching over £2 million. The article was sold by Sotheby’s in New ...

27 Jul 2022 at 11:09

Arts & Entertainment

Rare drawings of Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic masterpiece on sale

A pair of chalk sketches up for sale will be “as close as any collector is going to get” to owning Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper masterpiece. The drawings of apostles St John the Evangelist and St James the Less were ...

29 Jun 2022 at 10:32

Arts & Entertainment

Dinosaur skeleton sells for huge sum at auction

A Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton has sold for $6.1 million (€6m) at auction in New York. The dinosaur, which roamed the planet approximately 77 million years ago, weighed roughly two tonnes - marginally smaller than its ...

03 Aug 2022 at 17:13

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