NEW YORK – As we round the corner into the New Year, it’s an opportune time to look back at the top items that sold through LiveAuctioneers over the past 12 months. While it’s no surprise that Asian and other fine art and antiques made a powerful statement, LiveAuctioneers also proved to be the international marketplace of choice for an unimaginably diverse selection of valuables, attracting bids that totaled $24 billion.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – An auction of Asian antiques and artworks is probably the last place a classic car collector would look for a German-made motoring gem of the 1950s, but maybe it should be the first place they look. The road less traveled often leads to a serendipitous find — like the 1958 Porsche 356A/1600 Speedster in I.M. Chait’s January 31 auction.
TAIPEI (AFP) – Two statues donated by actor Jackie Chan to a newly opened museum in Taiwan were splashed with paint and daubed with anti-China slogans, reflecting growing tensions over Beijing’s influence on the island.