GalleristNY: Christie’s makes $495m in Contemporary sale, highest total ever at auction
The auction saw seven lots over $20 million with buyer’s premium, among them those that led to new auction records…
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ByJosh Spero has a screw loose in a watchmaking class with Jaeger-LeCoultre at Harrods
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ByBury this busted flush of a euro
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Mumbai sixth among top 10 global cities on billionaire count
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Where do the millionaires live…Toronto has 118,000
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New York City home to 70 billionaires, the most in the world: report
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