Sentences with phrase «ever go to auction»
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It went for $ 6.5 million, and it was believed then to be the most expensive car ever sold at auction.
The fact that the first - ever U.S. - bound Honda Civic Type R goes with it makes it look as if the car's actually a side piece prize to the winner of the auction.
Artworks from some of the world's most influential contemporary artists went under the hammer last night (11th December) at Unicef UK's first ever contemporary art auction SyriART, raising vital funds to help protect Syrian children from danger.
Everything You Need to Know About the Nahmads — Art writer Randy Kennedy has teamed up with two of the New York Times's veteran metro reporters to pen a sweeping portrait of the Nahmad clan, a famously quiet $ 3 billion art - powerhouse family — with a history of going after a third of the lots in evening auctions, only to put them in storage to resell later — that has entered an unwelcome spotlight ever since dealer Helly Nahmad's alleged gambling ring exploded in their faces.
Pride of place went to The semi-abstract painting Nude, Green Leaves and Bust (1932) by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), which was hammered down for $ 106.5 million, making it the world's most expensive work of art ever sold at auction.
The artist is best - known for her Turner - nominated artwork, «My Bed», and a tent embroidered with the names of many of her lovers, called «Everyone I Have Ever Slept With» — the unmade bed covered in debris which she exhibited at Tate Britain after she was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999 went on to sell for # 2.2 million at auction in July of this year.