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'National treasure': Christie's suspends sale of Blaise Pascal's 17th century calculating machine

A French court has blocked the export and foreign purchase of a 17th century arithmetic machine invented by Blaise Pascal to help ease the laborious task of calculating taxes.

Euronews

Christie’s withdraws rare ‘first calculator’ from auction after French court halts export

Move comes after French scientists issued urgent appeal to prevent La Pascaline from leaving the country

The Guardian - UK

Gustav Klimt painting that spared subject from Nazis breaks modern art price record

The only higher public sale remains ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450m at Christie's

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"You never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul": Legendary $1 billion Jim Irsay Collection to be auctioned in 2026, including Kurt Cobain's Teen Spirit Fender Mustang

Auctions will begin in March next year

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Rare first-issue of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to fetch up to £120k at auction

The piece originates from a scarce collection featuring 17 of Blake’s poems

The Independent UK

Rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem expected to sell for up to £120,000

The print comes from the rare first issue of Blake’s Songs Of Experience.

Evening Standard

The sparkling ‘Blue Mellon’ 9.51-carat diamond ring that just sold for millions at auction

For decades, the stone was a part of a private collection

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London Underground history: Rare draft version of Harry Beck's iconic Tube map being auctioned for £100,000

One of the most influential designs of the 20th century will be sold at Christie’s next month

Evening Standard

UK seizes Jurassic dinosaur fossils worth £12m from Chinese money-laundering suspect

Dinosaur skeletons were bought last year at Christie’s Jurassic Icons auction for £12.4m

The Independent UK

“A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of history”: Jim Irsay’s billion-dollar guitar collection is going to auction, with legendary instruments from Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour up for grabs

With a wealth of record-breaking guitars among the collection, it promises to be the biggest guitar auction event of all time

Guitar World

Venice painting by Canaletto could exceed £22.5 million at auction

The painting has been ‘hidden away in a very private collection’ for 20 years.

Evening Standard

Jeff Bezos’ Billion-Dollar Life: A Look at His Most Expensive Investments in Art

Billionaire Jeff Bezos has used his wealth to adorn his walls with museum-quality art. Here are three seriously expensive pieces he is rumored to own.

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5 Most Expensive Items Ever Sold at Auction In the Last Decade

From rare art to luxury cars, discover the 5 most expensive items sold at auction in the last decade—and what made them worth millions.

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That’s me in the £45m Hockney! The man in the masterpiece relives sitting for David back in the heady LA party days

It was a landmark moment in queer art, painted when homosexuality was illegal in California. As this famous painting of Christopher Isherwood and Don Backardy goes under the hammer, the surviving sitter looks back

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More than 60,000 cancer patients in England ‘not getting necessary radiotherapy’

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data by Radiotherapy UK also shows some patients face waits of up to six months

The Independent UK

Russian Emperor’s lavish gift for mother could sell for more than £20 million

'One of the finest' Faberge eggs ever created to go on auction at Christie’s in London

The Independent UK

Russian Emperor’s ‘Winter egg’ gift to mother set to sell for more than £20 million

The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother

Evening Standard

Faberge egg estimated to sell for more than £20million at London auction

The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as an Easter gift to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

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Evening Standard

Lucian Freud self-portrait could sell for up to £12 million

Christie’s will offer three major works in its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on October 15.

The Independent UK

Muhammad Ali’s unsigned draft card, a piece of Vietnam-era history, goes up for sale

Muhammad Ali’s refused to sign his military draft card

The Guardian - UK

Lies, private jets and a missing $86m: Inigo Philbrick’s art world swindle

Convicted fraudster expresses regret in a two-part BBC documentary but also asks ‘what about all the good deals?’

Guitar World

“It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it”: Stephen Carpenter’s ESP Horizon Custom from Deftones’ Back to School video has been valued at $55,000

The S-style – which was used on Around the Fur – has been verified by Carpenter himself

The Guardian - UK

Chris Ofili painting Blossom expected to fetch up to £1.5m at auction

Work featuring Turner prize winner’s signature use of elephant dung to be auctioned for first time in October

Guitar World

Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen from him – and now appears in a new exhibit

Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts that it was Keith Richards who held onto the guitar until 1971

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15 of the Most Expensive Things in the World

From billion-dollar yachts to diamond watches and rare art, explore 15 of the most expensive things ever purchased by the world’s wealthiest people

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