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The business behind celebrity auctions

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 10, 2018
What started in 1970 with a massive MGM auction has turned into a multimillion-dollar global business.
Sotheby's auctioneer Oliver Barker fields bids at the white-glove sale of David Bowie's personal art collection on November 10, 2016 in London, England. 
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Rockefeller auction at Christie's expected to bring in $500 million or more for charity

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
May 1, 2018
The items at the auction include everything from David Rockefeller’s gold cuff links to Picasso paintings that were once owned by writer Gertrude Stein.
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That $100 million Leonardo da Vinci painting might not even be by Leonardo da Vinci

by David Brancaccio
Nov 15, 2017
But art critic Blake Gopnik explains why that might not be the right question to ask.
A view of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which could rake in more than $100 million tonight at auction.
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First map of Disneyland sells for $708,000 at auction

by Olga Oksman
Jun 26, 2017
It was created by Walt Disney and fellow illustrator Herb Ryman in just one weekend to woo theme park investors in 1953.
Mickey Mouse and his friends celebrate the 60th anniversary of Disneyland Park during a ceremony at Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim, California.
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Art auction at Christie's sets record for expensive art

by David Brancaccio
May 13, 2015
But is the price tag more about setting a record than the art itself?
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Auction houses filled with high-end art – and drama

by Sally Herships
Jan 20, 2015
The art world, "where insider trading ... is completely legal and actually frequently practiced."
Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' is auctioned at Sotheby's in 2012 in New York City.
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The first microchip goes on auction, no one buys it

by David Gura
Jun 20, 2014
The first integrated circuit was estimated to sell for $1 million.
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Would you bid on a $1,200 bottle of beer?

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 24, 2014
Raising paddles for classic ales, stouts, and IPAs at Skinner auction house.
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Sotheby's auctions blue diamond for a lot of green

by Sally Herships
Oct 7, 2013
Sotheby’s Hong Kong is auctioning the world’s largest round blue diamond, the Premier Blue, for $19 million dollars. There’s not much you can do with diamonds but they are always in demand.
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Going once, going twice: The business of auctions

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 16, 2013
Business is good at Christie's and a recovery in the art market has a lot to do with that.
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