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Napoleon's Exquisite Flintlock Pistols Fetch $1.83 Million At Auction
Held at Osenat auction house in Fontainebleau, France, the pistols surpassed their estimated value of $1.3 million- $1.63 million.
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Original Cover For Comic Book Asterix For Auction Despite Legal Challenge
An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book Asterix and Cleopatre was to go under the hammer on Sunday despite a legal challenge from the artist's daughter.
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Hat Sells For Record $2.1 Million At French Auction
A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction on Sunday, the auction house said.
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France Probes Notre-Dame Stained Glass Sale For Theft
French police were on Thursday probing theft accusations linked to the sale of valuable stained glass that once adorned Notre-Dame, with auction house Sotheby's insisting it had done everything by the book.
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French Auction House Halts Sale Of Nataraj Idol As Tamil Nadu Flags Issue
Well-known international auctioning house Christies in France has halted the sale of a 500-year-old Nataraj idol, stolen from a Tamil Nadu temple in 1972, after the state police flagged the issue.
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Mistaken For Rare Artefact, Chinese Vase Worth $1,900 Sold For $9 Million
A Chinese vase that a French auction house placed up for auction has sold for $9 million, nearly 4,000 times its estimated value.
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"Secret Masterpiece" By French Artist Sold For 1.44 Million Dollars In Paris
A monumental sculpture by the late French artist Claude Lalanne that sat on the grounds of a school for decades unknown to art lovers has fetched 1.24 million euros ($1.44 million) at auction, blowing past estimates.
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Rare Paul Gauguin Painting Sells For 9.5 Million Euros At Paris Auction
A rare canvas by French artist Paul Gauguin from his time in Tahiti fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in Paris on Tuesday, nearly twice its estimated value, the auction house said.
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Sotheby's To Be Acquired By French Billionaire Patrick Drahi In $3.7 Billion Deal
French telecoms and media mogul Patrick Drahi is acquiring Sotheby's auction house, one of the world's biggest art brokers, in a $3.7 billion deal, the British-founded company announced Monday.
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French Billionaire To Acquire Sotheby's Auction House In $3.7 Billion Deal
French telecoms and media mogul Patrick Drahi is acquiring Sotheby's auction house, one of the world's biggest art brokers, in a $3.7 billion deal, the British-founded company announced Monday.
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Long-Lost Lions From Charles V's Tomb To Be Auctioned
A sculpture of two lions carved for the tomb of French king Charles V that was thought lost in the French Revolution will soon go under the hammer in London, auction house Christie's said Tuesday. The 14th-century marble work by French artist Andre Beauneveu, which had been held in a private British collection for more than two centuries, will b...
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France Blocks Sale Of Rare Da Vinci 'Saint Sebastian'
France has deemed a newfound Leonardo da Vinci sketch to be a national treasure and now has 30 months to raise 15 million euros ($15.8 million) to purchase it, an auction house said Tuesday.
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Million Dollar Dinosaur Sells At Auction In France
A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for more than one million euros at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon late Saturday, the Aguttes auction house said.
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Picasso Postcard Auctioned for Record $188,000
A postcard bearing a signed drawing by Picasso fetched a record $188,000 (166,000 euros) at auction today, the Gaertner auction house in southern Germany announced.
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India loses Gandhi's Johannesburg house
The government has expressed disappointment over a French company snapping up Mahatma Gandhi's Johannesburg house through Sotheby's auction firm.
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Napoleon's Exquisite Flintlock Pistols Fetch $1.83 Million At Auction
Held at Osenat auction house in Fontainebleau, France, the pistols surpassed their estimated value of $1.3 million- $1.63 million.
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Original Cover For Comic Book Asterix For Auction Despite Legal Challenge
An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book Asterix and Cleopatre was to go under the hammer on Sunday despite a legal challenge from the artist's daughter.
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Hat Sells For Record $2.1 Million At French Auction
A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction on Sunday, the auction house said.
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France Probes Notre-Dame Stained Glass Sale For Theft
French police were on Thursday probing theft accusations linked to the sale of valuable stained glass that once adorned Notre-Dame, with auction house Sotheby's insisting it had done everything by the book.
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French Auction House Halts Sale Of Nataraj Idol As Tamil Nadu Flags Issue
Well-known international auctioning house Christies in France has halted the sale of a 500-year-old Nataraj idol, stolen from a Tamil Nadu temple in 1972, after the state police flagged the issue.
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Mistaken For Rare Artefact, Chinese Vase Worth $1,900 Sold For $9 Million
A Chinese vase that a French auction house placed up for auction has sold for $9 million, nearly 4,000 times its estimated value.
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"Secret Masterpiece" By French Artist Sold For 1.44 Million Dollars In Paris
A monumental sculpture by the late French artist Claude Lalanne that sat on the grounds of a school for decades unknown to art lovers has fetched 1.24 million euros ($1.44 million) at auction, blowing past estimates.
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Rare Paul Gauguin Painting Sells For 9.5 Million Euros At Paris Auction
A rare canvas by French artist Paul Gauguin from his time in Tahiti fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in Paris on Tuesday, nearly twice its estimated value, the auction house said.
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Sotheby's To Be Acquired By French Billionaire Patrick Drahi In $3.7 Billion Deal
French telecoms and media mogul Patrick Drahi is acquiring Sotheby's auction house, one of the world's biggest art brokers, in a $3.7 billion deal, the British-founded company announced Monday.
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French Billionaire To Acquire Sotheby's Auction House In $3.7 Billion Deal
French telecoms and media mogul Patrick Drahi is acquiring Sotheby's auction house, one of the world's biggest art brokers, in a $3.7 billion deal, the British-founded company announced Monday.
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Long-Lost Lions From Charles V's Tomb To Be Auctioned
A sculpture of two lions carved for the tomb of French king Charles V that was thought lost in the French Revolution will soon go under the hammer in London, auction house Christie's said Tuesday. The 14th-century marble work by French artist Andre Beauneveu, which had been held in a private British collection for more than two centuries, will b...
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France Blocks Sale Of Rare Da Vinci 'Saint Sebastian'
France has deemed a newfound Leonardo da Vinci sketch to be a national treasure and now has 30 months to raise 15 million euros ($15.8 million) to purchase it, an auction house said Tuesday.
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Million Dollar Dinosaur Sells At Auction In France
A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for more than one million euros at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon late Saturday, the Aguttes auction house said.
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Picasso Postcard Auctioned for Record $188,000
A postcard bearing a signed drawing by Picasso fetched a record $188,000 (166,000 euros) at auction today, the Gaertner auction house in southern Germany announced.
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India loses Gandhi's Johannesburg house
The government has expressed disappointment over a French company snapping up Mahatma Gandhi's Johannesburg house through Sotheby's auction firm.
