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· Ryan General
Bangladeshi fruit vendor moved to tears as banana he sold for 35 cents fetches millions
Shah Alam, a 74-year-old Bangladeshi fruit vendor in Manhattan, was shocked to discover that a banana he sold for 35 cents was later auctioned off for $6.2 million at Sotheby’s auction house as the centerpiece of artist Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork called “Comedian.” The piece,…
· Ryan General
Crypto entrepreneur buys $6 million duct-taped banana — and plans to either eat it or send it to space
Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain and cryptocurrency, purchased Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial artwork “Comedian” for $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday. The artwork, featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall, previously sold for between $120,000 and…
· Carl Samson
Taiwan billionaire puts 25,000 wine bottles worth $50 million on auction
Taiwanese billionaire Pierre Chen is putting up 25,000 wine bottles from his personal collection for auction, the largest wine collection ever offered in one to date. What’s available: The auction, titled “An Epicurean’s Atlas,” will include some of the rarest bottles from…
· Ryan General
An ‘ultra-rare’ pair of Apple sneakers is on sale for $50,000
Sotheby’s is selling the shoes on its site as brand new and come in their original box
· Iris Jung
This 300-year-old Chinese bowl just sold for over $25 million at auction
A porcelain Chinese bowl produced during the Qing dynasty has fetched over $25 million at Hong Kong auction house Sotheby’s. The bowl was sold for 198.2 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately $25.2 million) on Saturday.
· Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong billionaire fugitive auctions Hermès bags for over $3 million
Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau sold 77 luxury handbags for 25.2 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately $3.2 million) in a recent online auction. The collection was the largest single-owner handbag sale in Asia’s auction market, according to auction house Sotheby’s.
· Ryan General
‘Vietnamese Lady’ painting by Le Pho sells for over half a million dollars
An ink and gouache painting by late Vietnamese painter Le Pho titled “Vietnamese Lady” sold for 781,200 Singapore dollars (approximately $558,629) during Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Art live auction in Singapore on Sunday. Measuring 11.22 inches by 9.25 inches, the 1938…
· Bryan Ke
College student buys Yoshitomo Nara ashtray at thrift store for $10, flips it for $2,860 on eBay
Terrelle Brown, a 22-year-old student at Wheaton College in Illinois, bought a Yoshitomo Nara ashtray at a Goodwill store for $10 and received a 30,000 percent profit after selling it on eBay. “I was shaking with excitement because I knew the potential of it,” Brown said. “I…
· Thy Nguyen
China’s ‘Firewater’ Liquor Sells for $1.4 Million at Auction in London
A famous Chinese liquor known for being consumed by former Presidents Richard Nixon and Barack Obama during visits to the country sold for over $1 million at an auction in London. The auction: Kweichow Moutai set the record for the “highest price ever paid at an auction for a…
· Ryan General
Man’s $35 Bowl From Connecticut Yard Sale Revealed to Be Rare $500K Chinese Artifact
A man’s $35 bowl turned out to be an exceptionally rare 15th-century Chinese antique possibly worth half a million dollars. Purchased at a yard sale in Connecticut, the small floral bowl was recently identified as an artifact from the Ming dynasty, originally commissioned by…
· Kyle Encina
1000-Year-Old Chinese Bowl Sets Record After Being Sold For $37.7 Million
The world record for the highest priced Chinese ceramics sold was broken after a rare brush-washing bowl was bought in Hong Kong for a whopping $37.7 million. Bidding on the 900-year-old ceramic bowl started at a hefty 80 million Hong Kong dollars ($10.2 million).
· Carl Samson
Japanese Entrepreneur Sets Auction Record With $110.4 Million Bid for Basquiat Painting
A Japanese entrepreneur is taking home Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Untitled” from Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York on Thursday for a staggering price tag of $110,487,500. It’s a record bid for the 1982 masterpiece initially pegged to sell for as much as $60…
· Laura Dang
The World’s Largest Cat Painting Just Sold for $826,000
The largest cat painting in existence just sold for $826,000 to an anonymous (extreme) cat enthusiast. The large cat painting was auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York this past Tuesday. The painting weighs 227 pounds and measures 6 x 8.5 feet. The masterpeice, which features 42…