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Want To Buy Napoleon's Saber?

Sotheby's is hosting an auction titled Napoleon: Une collection historique on June 25, 2025 in Paris. This exceptional sale features a collection amassed over more than 40 years by collector......

Sotheby's sells Gandhi archive to India

India has purchased a rich archive comprising thousands of letters and documents related to Mahatma Gandhi, including those on his controversial relationship with architect Hermann Kallenbach.......

India's first President's Rolex winds up at Sotheby's

Descendants of the country's first President Rajendra Prasad are losing hope of bringing his 18K pink gold Rolex Oyester watch, that is being auctioned by Sotheby's in Switzerland. "We, the......

SGPC threatens legal action against Sotheby's

Sotheby's -- London's premier auction house -- may have clarified that the rare armour it has put on its auction list does not belong to Guru Gobind Singh but the chapter is "not closed" for the......

Magna Carta to fetch Rs 120 crore at Sotheby's

A 13th century version of Magna Carta, which first enshrined the authority of the English over their monarch, is expected to fetch $30 million (about Rs 120 crore) at a sale in New York, Sotheby's......

Sotheby's India debut gets lukewarm response

The auction was watched closely as it comes at a time when other major names like Christie's have pulled out of India.Pavan Lall reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Sotheby's Sotheby's inaugural......

Sotheby's to sell Tata Housing's villas

Tata Housing’s luxury villas at Hailey Road in New Delhi, priced at Rs 190 crore (Rs 1.9 billion) each, will be sold by Sotheby’s International Realty. The complex, on 1.3 acres, will......

Want To Buy A Bungalow For Rs 325 Crore?

Enquiries indicate it belongs to an industrialist with links to a prominent cricketer. IMAGE: Kindly note this image has only been posted for representational reasons. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Sotheby's India auction sees tepid response as slowdown hits art world

The sale lot of 61 pieces of art, which was spread across a variety of categories such as modern and contemporary South Asian art, prints, and photographs, realised an estimated sale price of Rs......

Indian art's millionaire club swells at Sotheby's

The orgy of escalating prices for Indian art continued in New York where Sotheby's auctioned a record 148 modern and contemporary works (and, in an additional session, 30 miniature paintings,......

J K Rowling's final adieu to Harry Potter

J K Rowling, the author of the iconic Harry Potter book series,has bid goodbye to the boy wonder and his friends in the form of a set of handwritten fairy tales. The only catch is that you and I......

John Lennon's sticky business

Heard of John Lennon, the postage stamp designer?A set of stamps, depicting a clenched fist, which the late Beatle designed to support a strike by postal workers, sold for for 1,260 ($2,000) at a......

Michael Schumacher's Ferrari sets Formula One record at auction

IMAGE: Ferrari’s German Formula One driver Michael Schumacher at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo, May 27, 2001. Photograph: Crispin Thruston/Reuters Michael Schumacher's Ferrari Formula One......

Messi's World Cup-winning jerseys fetch $7.8 million in NY auction

IMAGE: Six match shirts worn by Argentina's Lionel Messi during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar at Sotheby's in New York City, US. Photograph: /Mike Segar/Reuters Six shirts worn by Lionel Messi......

Maradona's 'Hand of God' jersey sets new world record

IMAGE: Maradona's iconic Argentina shirt went up for auction after 19 years on display at England's National Football Museum. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sotheby's/Twitter The shirt worn by Diego......

Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt to go on display during World Cup

IMAGE: Art handlers pose with the shirt worn by Argentinian soccer player Diego Maradona in the 1986 World Cup, ahead of it being auctioned by Sotheby's, in London, Britain, on April 20, 2022.......

Michael Jordan's first Air Jordan sneakers sold for record $560,000

IMAGE: The Air Jordan 1s, designed for Jordan in 1985 and the first ever signature sneakers, are a mismatched pair in a size 13 (left) and size 13.5 (right). Photograph: Sotheby's/Handout via......