Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud sells for £43.3M: Sothebys

A painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon of fellow UK painter Lucian Freud sold on Wednesday for £43.3 million ($52.5 million, 50.2 million euros), according to Sotheby’s auction house.
24 groups join gov’t auction for 2,000MW renewable energy capacity

The Department of Energy said 24 power firms participated in the auction for the country’s 2,000-megawatts of renewable capacity requirement held last Friday. DOE’s Green
Rolex worn during WWII ‘Great Escape’ sells for $189,000 in New York

A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life “Great Escape” from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on
Rolex worn during WWII ‘Great Escape’ up for auction in New York

A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life “Great Escape” from the Nazi Stalag Luft III concentration camp is going on sale
New York sneaker expo presents some of Virgil Abloh’s last works

Some of Virgil Abloh’s final creations will be on public display in New York in an expo that also confers further mystique to the lucrative
Vintage Mercedes fetches record $143 million at auction or triple the price for a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz, one of only two of its kind, was auctioned off earlier this month for a whopping 135 million euros ($143 million), making
Biggest white diamond ever auctioned fetches $21.9M

by Agnes PEDRERO The Rock, the biggest white diamond ever auctioned, sold for 21.7 million Swiss francs ($21.9 million) on Wednesday, far short of
Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches record $195M: Christie’s

by Andréa BAMBINO An iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop art visionary Andy Warhol went under the hammer for $195 million Monday
Warhol Monroe portrait set to smash records at New York sales

by Peter HUTCHISON An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million headlines this month’s spring sales in New York that
‘The Rock’ diamond dazzles in Geneva

by Agnès PEDRERO The biggest white diamond ever to be sold at auction, dubbed “The Rock”, will go under the hammer in Geneva on Wednesday