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Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I had previously achieved the highest price of any sculpture when it was auctioned by Sotheby's in February 2010. Selling for US$104.3 million, it ranks amongst the most valuable works of art. [2] In 2005, Constantin Brâncuși 's Bird in Space broke records when it sold for $27.5 million.
Collecting jade in the White Jade River near Khotan. Chinese jade refers to the jade mined or carved in China from the Neolithic onward. It is the primary hardstone of Chinese sculpture. Although deep and bright green jadeite is better known in Europe, for most of China's history, jade has come in a variety of colors and white "mutton-fat ...
The Ministry of Mines now conducted the extraction and sale of jade exclusively through their auctions (emporiums). From 1964 to 1975, dollar volume of jade sales remained less than $1 million. The first time jade sales reached more than $1 million was in 1976. The amount of jade sold in dollar terms achieved $1 billion in 2010.
List of most expensive paintings. Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi (c. 1500). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1][2] through ...
More: 12 Most Expensive Meals in the World Pablo Picasso’s ‘Nude, Green Leaves and Bust’ Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” sold in a 2010 Christie’s auction ...
On September 10, 2011, Freeman's held an auction that brought $3.5 million for an Imperial white jade seal from the Qianlong period, triple the highest sale in the company's history. [9] Other notable auction records set at Freeman's include a sculpture by Wharton Esherick as part of their annual Pennsylvania Sale in November 2014. [ 10 ]
The painting was sold at auction by Christie’s for $179,365,000 in 2015. At the time, it was the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. Portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol.
Sunrise Ruby. The Sunrise Ruby[1][2][3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2][3][4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi.