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5 Most Expensive Items Ever Sold at Auction In the Last Decade

From rare art to luxury cars, discover the 5 most expensive items sold at auction in the last decade—and what made them worth millions.

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That’s me in the £45m Hockney! The man in the masterpiece relives sitting for David back in the heady LA party days

It was a landmark moment in queer art, painted when homosexuality was illegal in California. As this famous painting of Christopher Isherwood and Don Backardy goes under the hammer, the surviving sitter looks back

The Guardian - UK

More than 60,000 cancer patients in England ‘not getting necessary radiotherapy’

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data by Radiotherapy UK also shows some patients face waits of up to six months

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Russian Emperor’s lavish gift for mother could sell for more than £20 million

'One of the finest' Faberge eggs ever created to go on auction at Christie’s in London

The Independent UK

Russian Emperor’s ‘Winter egg’ gift to mother set to sell for more than £20 million

The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother

The Independent UK

Faberge egg estimated to sell for more than £20million at London auction

The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

Evening Standard

Lucian Freud self-portrait could sell for up to £12 million

Christie’s will offer three major works in its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on October 15.

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Muhammad Ali’s unsigned draft card, a piece of Vietnam-era history, goes up for sale

Muhammad Ali’s refused to sign his military draft card

The Independent UK

Lies, private jets and a missing $86m: Inigo Philbrick’s art world swindle

Convicted fraudster expresses regret in a two-part BBC documentary but also asks ‘what about all the good deals?’

The Guardian - UK

“It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it”: Stephen Carpenter’s ESP Horizon Custom from Deftones’ Back to School video has been valued at $55,000

The S-style – which was used on Around the Fur – has been verified by Carpenter himself

Guitar World

Chris Ofili painting Blossom expected to fetch up to £1.5m at auction

Work featuring Turner prize winner’s signature use of elephant dung to be auctioned for first time in October

The Guardian - UK

Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen from him – and now appears in a new exhibit

Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts that it was Keith Richards who held onto the guitar until 1971

Guitar World

15 of the Most Expensive Things in the World

From billion-dollar yachts to diamond watches and rare art, explore 15 of the most expensive things ever purchased by the world’s wealthiest people

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40 Collector’s Items So Rare, They’re Practically Priceless

Want to know which rare item is worth over $450 million today?

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“Sold For An Astonishing $450.3 Million”: 40 Highest-Value Collectible Items

Want to know which rare item is worth over $450 million today?

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Chef and culinary artist Imogen Kwok on getting creative in her 'old-school' Notting Hill kitchen

Her edible creations dazzle the worlds of art and fashion alike — here, the food visionary takes us behind the scenes at her quirky duplex in Notting Hill

Euronews

Canaletto's Venice masterpiece sets new auction record with €37.8m sale at Christie's London

The 18th-century masterpiece captures Venice in full splendour on Ascension Day, with the Doge’s golden barge - the Bucintoro - at its centre.

Guitar World

Jeff Beck’s iconic Oxblood Les Paul made history as the most expensive LP to sell at auction – now it’s been revived as an Epiphone signature model

The legendary 1954 LP starred alongside Beck for much of his career and sold for more than $1 million at auction. Now, Epiphone has launched a $1,200 replica

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Influential German 'nail artist' Günther Uecker dies aged 95

A leading voice in German post-war art, Uecker's work turned acts of destruction into powerful symbols of peace and reflection.

Evening Standard

Five Turner works to be auctioned on 250th anniversary of painter’s birth

A watercolour titled Lake Brienz, With The Setting Moon, is estimated to fetch between £600,000 and £800,000.

The National (Scotland)

Historic Scottish hotel to reopen in July after being sold to travel firm

CHRISTIE & Co has announced the sale of a 17th-century hotel in Stirlingshire to Caledonian Travel

The Guardian - UK

NHS could start offering breast cancer checks to women in their thirties

Currently women are only eligible for breast screening from the age of 50, but thousands are diagnosed younger

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Rétromobile Partners With Gooding Christie's Auction House

Organised by Comexposium, one of the world’s leading event organisers, Rétromobile is gearing up for an exceptional year in 2026, for two reasons. In Paris, the show will celebrate its 50th anniversary, while on the other side of the Atlantic, the first American edition will be held in the heart…

The Guardian - UK

Les Arts Florissants/Christie review – austere and exquisitely beautiful Charpentier for Holy Week

Candlelight set the tone for the ensemble of superb focus, great refinement and real depth of feeling

The Guardian - UK

Greek vase ‘looted’ in Italy removed from sale by London gallery

Contact from the Observer prompts withdrawal as dealers urged to do more to stop illicit trade in antiquities

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