Tag: Sotheby’s
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Banksy’s Art Self-Destructs at Sotheby’s (Video)
Banksy just shared a video of how he staged his art’s self-destruction in front of startled auction-goers at Sotheby’s, moments after it was sold for £1.04 million. The spray-painted canvas “Girl With Balloon” went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equaling a record price for…
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David Bowie’s art fetches £24m in first round of sale
According to The Guardian, the first items from David Bowie’s personal art collection were sold at auction in London on Nov 10th, 2016, fetching more than £24m. A 1984 Jean-Michel Basquiat painting, titled Air Power, was the most expensive of the night, selling for nearly £7.1m including premium – double the pre-sale upper estimate of…
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