Arts & Culture

Elvis Presley record player to be auctioned at Penzance Auction House on December 12

A record player once belonging to Elvis Presley is expected to fetch up to £2,000 ($3,000) at a Cornwall auction…

10 years ago

JD Salinger Three Stories: Unpublished works leaked online

Scanned copies of three short stories by JD Salinger, which the reclusive author did not want published, have been leaked…

10 years ago

Bay Psalm Book becomes world’s most expensive printed book

The tiny Bay Psalm Book has become the world's most expensive printed book as it was auctioned at Sotheby’s in…

10 years ago

Gerald Laing’s Lincoln Convertible: JFK assassination painting on display at Tate Britain

Gerald Laing’s Lincoln Convertible, the only known contemporary painting of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has gone on…

10 years ago

Rossetti’s Proserpine sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s in London

Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Proserpine has sold for £3,274,500 ($5,275,000) at Sotheby’s in London, setting a new record for the artist.…

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Doris Lessing dies in London aged 94

Doris Lessing has died at her London home this morning at the age of 94. The Nobel Prize-winning "passed away…

10 years ago

Pink Star diamond sells for $83 million at Geneva auction

Pink Star diamond has sold for $83 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva - a record price for a…

10 years ago

Andy Warhol’s painting Silver Car Crash sells for record $105 million at Sotheby’s

Andy Warhol's painting Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) has sold for $105 million at Sotheby’s, breaking the artist's record by…

10 years ago

Three Studies of Lucian Freud: Francis Bacon’s triptych becomes most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

A Francis Bacon’s painting featuring his friend and fellow artist Lucian Freud has become the most expensive artwork ever sold…

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Composer John Tavener dies aged 69

British composer John Tavener has died at the age of 69. Sir John Tavener, one of the leading British composers…

10 years ago