Egypt tries to halt the sale of a statue resembling Tutankhamun
On July 4th, a partial bust of Tutankhamun is set to lead ‘The Exceptional Sale’ at Christie’s London; however, Egyptian authorities are trying to halt the auction for fear that […]
Missing Lewis Chessmen could fetch £1 million at auction
Missing for nearly 200 years, one of the lost Lewis Chessmen had been living in the drawer of an Edinburgh family for years and could now sell for as much […]
Leading auction house Sotheby’s takes legal hit amidst Rybolovlev-Bouvier battle
Just days after the announcement that Sotheby’s is set to be sold for $3.7 billion to a company owned by French media tycoon Patrick Drahi, the company suffered a bruising […]
Long-lost Caravaggio could sell for $171 million
In just a few days, a long-lost painting believed to be by the Italian Old Master Caravaggio is set to hit the auction block. Found in the attic of a […]
Artist Dan Lam sues matcha cafe and gallery
A Lower East Side tea shop that doubles as an art gallery called Mamacha has been named in a lawsuit filed on June 6th by Dallas-based artist Dan Lam. The […]
Oregon Senator calls for removal of Sackler name at the Smithsonian
Just days after Lonnie G. Bunch III took over as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, he’d already received a major request concerning the ongoing issues surrounding the Sackler family, their […]
Van Gogh’s gun sells for €162,500 at auction
In 1965, a farmer in French village found a rusty old revolver in a field that has since been thought to be the gun that Vincent van Gogh used to […]
