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Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — J.K. Rowling’s handwritten book of fairy tales sold for 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) at a London charity sale. Sotheby’s top estimate for “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” one of seven copies made after Rowling finished her last Harry Potter book, was 50,000 pounds. Read full story
Ten New Auction Records Set December 10 Competitive bidding at Bonhams & Butterfields on Monday night pushed the price for a 1914 oil on canvas painted by E. Charlton Fortune to a record high for the artist. The international fine arts auctioneers’ Winter sale of California and American Paintings & Sculpture established a new world … Read more
The Oscar and script for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is going under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York.Read full story
Today, Sotheby’s is auctioning off Orson Welles’ Oscar statuette that he won in 1941 for writing Citizen Kane. Host Steve Inskeep talks to Margaret Barrett, Hollywood memorabilia expert, about the market for buying and selling Oscars.Read full story
Sotheby’s Inc. on Wednesday withdrew its bid to sell about $2 million worth of art connected to a defunct Manhattan gallery that has been accused of selling art it doesn’t own.Read full story