The sale was halted after the space agency claimed it owned everything associated with a 1969 experiment that explored whether lunar soil was dangerous to terrestrial life.
Tag: Auctions
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Russian Journalist to Auction Nobel Medal to Benefit Ukraine
Dmitri A. Muratov, whose newspaper was shuttered in response to the Kremlin’s increasingly draconian censorship, will donate the proceeds to Ukrainian refugees.
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Catch a Rising Star at the Auction House
No longer does museum validation or scholarly attention determine a painting’s value. Now, the collectors’ hunger comes first, and institutions must follow.
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Spring Auction Sales for Two Blockbuster Weeks Top $2.5 Billion
Eleven auction records for artists — six by women — were smashed on Thursday night in two sales at Sotheby’s.
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The Macklowe Collection Tops $922 Million at Auction
The art holdings from a bitter divorce became what Sotheby’s called the most valuable collection ever sold at auction.