Comedian, a sculpture by the artist Maurizio Cattelan, consisting of a piece of duct tape and a banana stuck to a wall, has sold for US$6.2 million (S$8.32 million) at Sotheby’s in New York ...

NEW YORK – In the Sotheby’s Auction House sale room – an intimate, carpeted seventh-floor auditorium on the Upper East Side – it’s not uncommon to see standing-room-only attendance.

File - A woman looks at artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File) FILE - ...

Congratulations. By Zachary Small A banana that for years has stirred controversy in the art world sold for $6.2 million with fees at Sotheby’s contemporary art auction on Wednesday night.

The most talked-about lot of the New York auction season, the duct-taped banana by Maurizio Cattelan, sold for a hammer price of $5.2m ($6.2m with fees) at Sotheby’s New York after a seven ...

Nov 20 (Reuters) - A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million on Wednesday to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby's said ...

Sotheby’s November auctions in New York kicked off on November 18 with solid results across its Evening Sales. It amassed $309 million—a 30% increase from last year’s total of $223.4 million. This ...

Phyllis Kao at the rostrum during Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction, which closed with a combined total of $309 million. Courtesy of Sotheby's Leonora Carrington, La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman ...

Crafted by Tiffany Studios, the 16-by-10-foot window lauded by experts as a masterpiece was auctioned by Sotheby's in New York City. The $12.48 million amount includes auction fees after bidding ...

A painting of water lilies by Claude Monet fetched $65.5 million at Sotheby’s on Monday, a strong start to a week of bellwether auctions in New York. The 1914–17 canvas was the top lot of an ...

The oldest stone tablet depicting the Ten Commandments will be offered at Sotheby’s with a high estimate of $2,000,000. Courtesy of Sotheby's A timeless piece of human history is heading to ...