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Trump foe Christie launches presidential run

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republican former New Jersey governor Chris Christie jumped into the 2024 race for the White House on Tuesday, positioning himself as a political knife-fighter and the only candidate willing to take on frontrunner Donald Trump. Christie, who filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission before an evening announcement in Manchester, New Hampshire, presents a novel challenge as the only Republican contender so far willing to land genuinely damaging blows […]

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Da Vinci’s last work in private hands arrives in Asia for first time

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — The last privately-owned painting, Salvator Mundi, by Leonardo da Vinci was unveiled in Hong Kong on Friday (October 13). The Leonardo Da Vinci work, one of fewer than 20 paintings accepted from the artist’s own hands, is expected to fetch $100 million when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in New York on November 15. Christie’s Head of Old Master Painting, Francois de Poortere, said the painting, sometimes called […]

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Christie’s holds autumn auction in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) — Christie’s Shanghai auction season got underway on Sunday (September 24), with 35 offerings from the contemporary art world going under the hammer. Zao Wou-ki’s 24-12-2002-Diptyqe was sold for $5.09 million, which reached the highest bidding price for a single collection by Christie’s in mainland China. Collections from Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol were also up for bidding. Pablo Picasso’s Tete d’homme was sold for $200,000. Andy Warhol’s Monkey was […]

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Christie’s to hold its first private sales exhibition in Asia

HONG KONG, China (Reuters)– Western artwork by prominent artists such as Picasso, Monet, Warhol and others will be on sale at Christie’s first private sale exhibition in Asia. The exhibition named “The Loaded Brush”, will be the focus of Christie’s Hong Kong Autumn sales and is expected to fetch more than $250 million. The collection will be available for buyers on a first-come-first-serve basis and is the first of any such private sale organised by […]

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Christie’s seeks more ‘realistic’ auction prices

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The global economic slowdown combined with “selective demand” are pushing Christie’s to seek more realistic prices on their collections, directors of the auction house said Sunday. “This year the market is not at the same level as it was one year or two years ago. We are facing a more challenging market,” Guillaume Cerruti, Christie’s president for Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India, told journalists in Dubai. “To […]

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