When Jessica Vincent bought a vase at a Goodwill store in Virginia, she had no idea it was designed by Carlo Scarpa, a renowned Italian architect.
Tag: Auctions
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Your New Favorite Gift Guide: New York City’s Public Auction Site
For that hard-to-buy-for someone, how about a 40-foot shipping container for $100? Or 100 cans of “Flying Insect Killer” spray? Two “wobbly wooden tables”?
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Hemingway, Jack London and Unabomber Typewriters Go to Auction
Coming to auction is a clattering collection of machines once owned by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Temple, Andy Rooney and … the Unabomber.
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Jussi Pylkkänen Steps Down as Christie’s President
The Christie’s president Jussi Pylkkänen, who held the hammer for the auction house’s biggest sales, is leaving after nearly 40 years. Much changed in that time.
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Is This the World’s Highest Grossing Photograph?
“Girls in the Windows” wasn’t made by an art world giant, but people keep buying it. And buying it. And buying it.