A person holds some of the newly released banknotes, featuring the King’s portrait, outside the Bank of England, London. Lucy North – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty Images LONDON — Auctions of King Charles III bank notes with low serial numbers have raised £914,127 ($1.17 million) for charity, according to the Bank of … Read more
People look at a virtually complete Stegosaurus fossil on display at Sotheby’s on July 10, 2024 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Billionaire investor Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel, purchased a late Jurassic stegosaurus skeleton for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, marking the most valuable fossil ever … Read more
Younger, wealthy shoppers in Asia are splashing their cash on art, according to a longtime collector and senior auction house executive. Nicolas Chow, Sotheby’s chairman for Asia, said more than 40% of its buyers of contemporary art are millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), while Gen X (1965 to 1980) are also likely to be … Read more
A 1948 Leaf #79 Jackie Robinson card, which is the only true rookie card of the sports icon. Fanatics Fanatics wants to expand the sports trading card industry. Now it’s aiming to meet high-end collectors through a new partnership with Sotheby’s that will create a collection of auctions for trading cards valued at more than … Read more
Auctioneer Victoire Gineste gestures as she adjudicates for 20 million euros ($21.9 million) a recently rediscovered drawing by Michelangelo, the artist’s first known nude, at the Christie’s auction house in Paris on May 18, 2022. Emmanuel Dunand | Afp | Getty Images Wealthy, young collectors in Asia have been fueling demand for art — particularly … Read more
