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Christie’s suspends Paris sale of world’s ‘first calculator’

A court blocks export authorisation of ‘La Pascaline’

The stone, set in a serpentine ring, once belonged to Rachel Lambert Mellon, better known as Bunny Mellon, who was also known as a horticulturalist and philanthropist.

Mellon Blue diamond sells for US$25.6 million

It was last sold for more than US$32 million in 2014; diamond expert blames geopolitical tensions and weakened Chinese economy for lower price

Sotheby’s will sell just over 700 lots for a total presale estimate of roughly US$479 million to US$659 million.

New York’s US$1.5 billion art auction week could favour the brave

Auctions are often judged solely by the buy side. How many bidders were there? And from how many countries? And how high were they willing to go? But on the eve of New York’s fall megasales, where Chr...

Angelina Jolie appeared with a similar vehicle in a 2017 advertisement for Guerlain.

Christie’s pulls Angelina Jolie-linked Ferrari from Paris sale

CHRISTIE’S has removed its headlining lot, a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT attributed to Angelina Jolie, from its “Exceptional Sale” on Nov 20.

The black coupe with wire-spoke wheels is the 11th of the 353 of its kind built from 1955 to 1960, according to the sale catalogue.

Angelina Jolie is selling her Ferrari 250 GT in Paris

A VINTAGE Ferrari owned by Angelina Jolie will be offered at Christie’s auction house’s “Exceptional Sale” on Nov 20 in Paris.

Christie’s staff hold up "Les canots amarrés" by Vincent Van Gogh from 1887, which sold at auction at Christie’s Hong Kong headquarters for HK$215 million (S$35.5 million) in Hong Kong on Sep 26.

Van Gogh painting falls short of expectations in Hong Kong auction

A VINCENT van Gogh painting displaying the artist’s shift from dark realism to vibrant impressionism sold for US$32.2 million at a Hong Kong auction on Thursday (Sep 26), falling short of expectations...

Lion dancers perform in front of guests at the official unveiling of Christie’s new Asia Pacific headquarters at the Henderson Centre in Hong Kong.

Auction house Christie’s opens at the Henderson in Hong Kong

The new space would allow the firm to have control over the timing of its auctions

Christie’s sent a notice to clients affected by the breach, emphasising that while passport information was indeed compromised, contact details, financial data, and most importantly, transaction-related information had not been exposed.

Christie’s extortion deadline ends without hackers posting data

AFTER a week of public threats, hackers didn’t release a large trove of client data belonging to Christie’s auction house on their dark web site.

Cheong Soo Pieng’s Mother And Child (1973) more than doubles its pre-sale estimate.

Cheong Soo Pieng work doubles estimates at Christie’s auction; Sotheby’s shows Georgette Chen orchids

Nanyang artist Cheong Soo Pieng’s Mother And Child (1973) more than doubled its pre-sale estimate, selling for HK$655,200 (S$113,230) at Christie’s spring auction in Hong Kong on Wednesday (May 29). T...

The attackers also did not obtain ID photographs, signatures, email addresses or phone numbers, according to the Christie’s memo sent to customers.

Christie’s says hackers accessed some clients’ passport data

Financial, transaction information was not obtained by hackers