Visitors can now see the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel like never before…if you’ve got money to spend
Navigating your way around the highlights of the Vatican are not for the faint of heart…or those who can’t stand a crowd. Each day, around 30,000 people (totalling up to […]
Panel by Cimabue sells for €24.2 million, shattering pre-sale estimates
In a packed-out auction house of around 900 people on Sunday in the French town of Senlis, a panel painting believed to be by Cimabue busted its pre-sale estimate when […]
Search for ‘America,’ a.k.a. the golden toilet, continues
The search for what is easily the most ‘luxurious loo,’ as one BBC article put it, in the world continues, but three more suspects have been arrested by police. The […]
Sculpture with possible ties to Leonardo da Vinci heads to auction, could sale for $50 million
In just a week, Guernsey’s auction house in New York City will bring a small, 11-inch bronze sculpture that is believed to be, at least by some, associated with Leonardo […]
First Keith Haring mural to hit the auction block
Next month, a mural by Keith Haring will hit the auction block at Bonhams. The mural is quintessentially Haring and in the early 1980s, the artist painted it in one […]
Oxford professor allegedly stole items that are now at the Museum of the Bible
Just a year ago, the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC discovered that five fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls in its collection were, in fact, forgeries. Making up about […]
Man steals $20,000 Salvador Dalí from San Fran gallery
Sunday was not a good day for a San Francisco gallery. In just a matter of minutes, a man walked into Dennis Rae Fine Art and walked out with one […]
