Auctions are where history collides with gobs of cash. While art often dominates headlines, certain historical artifacts have ...

Israel’s highest cultural honor will be awarded to renowned artist Yaacov Agam, creator of the world's largest menorah on ...

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Imagine finding a super-valuable painting in your attic or at a flea market. While the most expensive paintings ever sold tend to be famous pieces everyone watches, some of them were rediscovered ...

The Dream (The Bed) was part of a private collection of more than 80 Surrealist paintings auctioned by Sotheby's. Sotheby's A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo just sold for $54.7 million—the highest price ...

An art handler views Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer by Gustav Klimt during a press preview at Sotheby’s in New York City on Nov. 7. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A painting by Gustav Klimt just became ...

(CNN) — What does a notorious gold toilet and a nearly destroyed Klimt painting have in common? They christened Sotheby’s first sale out of its new US headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening in a ...

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet drew $12.1 million. By Zachary Small and Julia Halperin It ...