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Renaissance painter Titian’s 'The Rest on the Flight into Egypt' has fetched a record price at London auction house Christie's having been stolen multiple times. Its sale for €20.6m (£17.5m) sets a new world record for Titian’s works, according to auctioneers. The 1510 painting was first taken by Napoleon's troops from Belvedere Palace in Vienna during the early 19th century. More recently, in 1995, it was taken from Longleat House in England, where it had hung since it was acquired by the 4th Marquess of Bath in 1878 – a reward of £100,000 was offered for its safe return. It was found seven y...
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The original watercolor illustration for J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million (approx. €1.7 million) yesterday (Wednesday 26 June), becoming the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction. Thomas Taylor’s artwork, which sold at Sotheby’s in New York, was featured on the covers of the first edition of the 1997 novel. Taylor was just 23 when he received his first professional commission to create a cover for J.K. Rowling’s first novel. He was one of the first people to read the manuscript for the original Harry Potter book, a...
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New York (AFP) - The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard -- sold for $1.9 million on Wednesday. The artwork becomes "the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction," auction house Sotheby's said in a statement. "The illustration was chased by four bidders on the phone and online for nearly ten minutes before selling to applause." The work by Thomas Taylor, who was just 23 years old in 1997 when he painted the iconic image of the young boy with the l...
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New York (AFP) - The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard -- will go up for auction in New York on Wednesday. The work by Thomas Taylor, who was just 23 years old in 1997 when he painted the iconic image of the young boy with the lightning bolt scar and the round glasses, is expected to fetch from $400,000 to $600,000 at Sotheby's. Taylor was working at a children's bookstore in Cambridge, England, when he was tapped by publisher Barry Cunningham at Bloomsbury ...
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A rare first edition Harry Potter book had been sold at auction for more than £45,000 (approx. €53,000). The novel, "The Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", was auctioned off at the Lyon and Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh. The copy of J. K. Rowling’s book is one of the first 500 printed in 1997; publishers produced only a small number of copies because of the uncertainty towards its popularity. It was predicted to sell for between £40,000 and £60,000, because of some unique errors. The book eventually sold for £45,201 (€53,500), and features a spelling mistake of ‘Philosopher’s’ on...
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Christie’s is set to auction Titian's 'Rest on the Flight to Egypt,' a painting by the illustrious Italian master that has not been seen on the market for 145 years. The exquisite piece, expected to fetch up to £25 million (€30m), depicts a serene moment as the Holy Family pauses on their journey to Egypt. Mary tenderly cradles the infant Jesus while Joseph looks on. It is one of the last of the Renaissance master's early religious works still in private hands so its upcoming auction by Christie's is attracting a lot of attention. However, the painting, created around 1510, has been desirable ...
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In 2019, the southern Italian village of Sambuca di Sicilia went viral for selling off homes for as little as €1. Schemes like this have become a popular way for rural towns with dwindling populations to boost their number of residents and prevent disused houses from falling into disrepair. But while the initiatives flopped in some places, Sambuca’s sellers were met with floods of requests. Buyers came from as far away as the US and the Middle East. The sales injected some €20 million into the local economy. Now, the Sicilian village is putting more houses under the hammer. As with last time, ...
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A plastic Star Wars action figure has become the world’s most valuable vintage toy. The ultra-rare, hand-painted, 3 and 3/4-inch, rocket-packing Boba Fett figurine just fetched $525,000 (approx. €482,000) at auction. It is one of only two known to have survived the production line in the 1970s, officials at Heritage Auctions announced this week. The model was created by toy company Kenner in 1979 based on the character, who was set to appear in The Empire Strikes Back. The toy was not available in stores and was to be sent for free to anyone who could prove they had bought four other Star Wars...
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A complete manuscript of French author and philosopher Albert Camus' famous novel “L'Étranger” (“The Stranger”) is to be auctioned today (Wednesday 5 June) at Tajan in Paris. It is estimated at between €500,000 and €800,000. “Its history and precise dating are mysterious,” the auction house points out in its presentation of the handwritten 104-page manuscript. The mystery has to do with the date. Camus ends the manuscript with the inscription “April 1940”. “L'Étranger” was indeed written at that time in Paris and corrected until September 1941, before being published by Gallimard in May 1942. ...
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