Asian gourmet shells out $36,750 for dinner with chef Adria
An Asian gourmet dished out $36,750 at a New York auction to have dinner for four with famed chef Ferran Adria.
An Asian gourmet dished out $36,750 at a New York auction to have dinner for four with famed chef Ferran Adria.
Leon Gallery (G/F, Corinthian Bldg., Legaspi Village, Makati City; tel. 8467416) recently held a successful auction, a liquidation of the artworks owned by Prudentialife Plans, Inc., initiated by the Philippine Insurance Commission. All 55 lots sold, almost all reaching the hammer price several times higher than their starting bid price.
Myanmar’s cash-strapped opposition party is tapping into the prestige of its leader: Two sweaters hand-knit by Aung San Suu Kyi have been auctioned for $123,000.
A rare gold coin from the dying days of Korea’s independence before the 1910 takeover by Japan will go on sale in New York in December, Bonhams auctioneers said Friday.
Which Filipino artist rules on the international auction circuit?
A rare 1932 cover illustration of “Tintin in America” by Herge, the artist who dreamed up the boy reporter, on Saturday fetched a record 1.3 million euros ($1.6 million) at an auction in Paris.
A centuries-old diamond passed down through generations of European royalty fetched nine million Swiss francs ($9.7 million) at auction in Geneva on Tuesday.
New York art dealers might need to pull out marker pens and add zeros to their price tags during Asia Week sales starting Friday in auction houses and galleries across the city.
A painting by Vincent van Gogh owned by the late Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has sold for more than £10 million, Christie’s auction house announced on Tuesday.
A somber painting by a Dutch master that used to hang over a fireplace in the California home of the late film star Elizabeth Taylor sold Wednesday for $2.01 million, Christie’s said.
A huge sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s designer clothing and jewelry, known as the “Crown Jewels of Hollywood,” will be split in two, with nearly 1,000 items selling only online, Christie’s auctioneers said Monday.
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