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Elton John Items Fetch $8 Million At New York Auction

Nearly $100,000 for Elton John's monogrammed silver boots and around $2 million for a triptych by street artist Banksy from his collection: the music icon's personal items brought in almost $8 million at auction Wednesday in New York.

International Business Times

Elton John to auction off 900 items worth $10m from former Atlanta home

Silver boots, Banksy original, pinball machine and more going under hammer at Christie’s, New York

The Guardian - UK

The best items money can buy at the Le Gavroche Christie's auction

The now closed London restaurant is auctioning off everything from wine to artworks

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“These guitars illustrate the musical journey of one of popular music’s greatest artists”: Inside Christie’s’ epic $11.2 million Mark Knopfler guitar auction

We got an up-close look at some of the most storied, rare and collectible of Mark Knopfler's guitars, just before they went under the hammer

Guitar World

Le Gavroche: rare wines from Michelin-starred restaurant to be sold at auction

Auction lots include illuminated front sign and Burgundy wine expected to sell for up to £12,000

The Guardian - UK

Rene Magritte's L'ami intime to be Auctioned for Million

Discover the highly poetic and dreamlike world of surrealist painter René Magritte. A major work, L'ami intime, could fetch million at auction next month.

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Vintage wine and champagne from renowned restaurant Le Gavroche to be auctioned

The illuminated sign that hung above the restaurant door will also be sold.

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Mark Knopfler's Brother In Arms Les Paul is the most valuable sale in his guitar auction that raised over $11 million

But the Dire Straits icon is not done buying more guitars

MusicRadar

“Staggering”: Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Collection has sold at auction for over $11 million – with a record-breaking ’59 Burst sale and 28 guitars fetching over $100K

The 122 lot sale included the Dire Straits man’s Money for Nothing Les Paul and Walk of Life Schecter, alongside his custom Suhr guitars

Guitar World

ISE 2024 Info: 'Experience is Everything' for Christie, Plus More Can't-Miss Booths

Welcome to the show! Check out these products from Christie, MSolutions, RGB Spectrum, MAXHUB, and CODA Audio.

AVNetwork

Dire Straits Legend's Guitars Garner Six-figure Sales

Several guitars put up for sale by Mark Knopfler, the former frontman of British rock group Dire Straits, on Wednesday fetched hundreds of thousands of pounds each at auction.

International Business Times

Sotheby's Sales Drop In 2023 After Record Year

Storied auction house Sotheby's reported on Monday that sales had dipped last year to $7.9 billion, down $100 million from the record-breaking 2022 which was lifted by pent-up demand following the pandemic.

International Business Times

David Hockney painting not seen for 40 years to sell for millions at Christie's auction in London

The 1965 work, California, is being sold after being kept in the same private collection since 1968

Evening Standard

LIGHTS! CAMERA! CHRISTIE! Mike Perkins Receives Academy Award

The principal product developer has been awarded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award in Scientific and Engineering.

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Christie on 20 Years of Exhibiting at ISE

From Geneva to Barcelona, the show has marked several firsts for Christie. Three employees reflect.

International Business Times

Boots, Banksy, Piano: Elton John Puts Items Up For Auction

Music icon Elton John has put a variety of personal items up for auction at Christie's in New York, including monogrammed silver leather platform boots, a grand piano and a triptych by street artist Banksy.

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Pro AV Newsmakers: AVIXA Welcome Tobias Lang, The Vegas Sphere Has a New SVP, and More

Get caught up on acquisitions, appointments, and new sales reps in Pro AV.

The Independent UK

Woman struck twice by tonsil cancer celebrates as tumour shrinks in half

Jeanette Joyce says she is grateful for a clinical trial which allowed her to try a new immunotherapy drug regime.

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Christie's Laser Projectors Illuminate Museum X

The HS Series and Inspire Series 1DLP laser projectors are illuminating immersive exhibition spaces.

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: never enough tissues for the school carol service

Much as I try to steel myself and be like the Grinch, Once In Royal David’s City still undoes me every time

Fortune

Christie's Asia president doesn't think AI artists are stealing work: 'Do we know any artist that has created a painting fully isolated?'

"It's just building the same thing in a different way," Francis Belin said Wednesday at Fortune's Brainstorm Design conference in Macau.

The Guardian - AU

Shakespeare’s First Folio: State Library of NSW takes the Bard’s ‘radical’ 400-year-old book out of the vault

Half of Shakespeare’s plays would have been lost without it – and it is now among the most valuable books in the world

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'A Challenging Endeavour' Christie MicroTiles LED Makes Art on a... Piano?

The solution displays the artwork and lyrics from Something Corporate's albums using LED wrapped around the piano.

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“I’ll be sad to see them go but we’ve had wonderful times together and I can’t play them all”: Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is selling off his guitar collection

Dire Straits' leader Mark Knopfler is putting 120 guitars up for auction in January

The Independent UK

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is putting some of his guitars up for auction

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler will sell off a collection of guitars he considers “old friends” at a Christie’s auction in London next year

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