US - A treasure trove of Marlon Brando’s most prized and personal possessions will go under the hammer today in New York.
Classic memorabilia including the screen legend’s Godfather script will be sold alongside everyday items such as credit cards, summer camp medals and school year books.
More than 300 lots taken from the actor’s Beverly Hills […]

CH - Chen Yifei’s oil painting “Cello and Girl” sold to an anonymous bidder for 5.5 million yuan， or 663,000 US dollars at an auction in Shanghai yesterday, setting a record price for one of his works according to Shanghai based internet portal eastday.com.
Other paintings of Chen’s were sold at good prices. But a painting […]

US - The chance to wave the green flag signaling the start of an exciting Indy Racing League IndyCar Series event is a thrilling, often once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those receiving the honor. For the July 16 Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, Firestone Racing is making that possibility a reality for one lucky fan — […]

CH - The market for Chinese art continues to expand at a staggering rate.
Artworks, especially oil paintings, created by Chinese artists, are being chased by both domestic and international art-lovers and collectors.
The trend is best reflected by the soaring rise in prices.
According to […]

IT - The Formula One race car that Michael Schumacher drove to victory in five Grands Prix last year fetched $3.3 million at an auction yesterday of historic Ferraris and Maseratis. Collectors spent more than $12.2 million in total.
The sale, organized by Sotheby’s Holdings Inc. in Maranello, Italy, was the first hosted by Ferrari SpA. […]

UK - A rare cricket ball from England’s notorious “bodyline” Ashes tour of Australia in 1932-33 has been sold at auction for £10,000.
Auctioneer Paul Keen said he was “bowled over” by the price the sporting relic fetched after an international bidding war.
The battered ball attracted worldwide interest, with telephone bidders from Hong Kong, Sweden, Spain, […]

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FR - A former mistress of Pablo Picasso has sold 20 of the artist’s sketches of her at a Paris auction, reaping a total of $1.87 million. The works included a pencil-on-paper drawing of a reclining nude that sold for $575,357 — about three times the estimated price.
“I am so happy, because it has been […]

UK - An American who masterminded the UK part of a multi-million pound ID theft scam was yesterday jailed for six years. Douglas Havard, 24, was sentenced on Monday at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to launder money. His accomplice, Lee Elwood, 25, of Glasgow, was jailed for […]

UK - Horatio Nelson’s pocket watch, which he had with him when he died at the Battle of Trafalgar, will go on sale for as much as £350,000 in London on Oct. 5, said Sotheby’s Holdings Inc.
The gold watch, made by Josiah Emery in about 1787, is being sold by a friend of the Nelson […]