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One dollar difference: Couple buys dream home at auction

Auction Shock: A 4-bedroom house in Australia sold for $731,002, just $1 above the second bid and $2 over the third, setting a new record.

Lior Raz of ‘Fauda’ to host art auction for families of reservists

Pieces focused on inter-generational Jewish connection will be at the center of the exhibit.

By NERIA BARR
06/02/2024

Princess Diana's 'little black dress' sells at auction for $325,000

The People's Princess's LBD was sold beside Carrie Bradshaw's pink tutu, from the opening credits of Sex and the City

British Museum items stolen were put on eBay for prices around £40

The items that were stolen were worth up to £50,000. Moreover, the museum was told years in advance that a staff member was stealing artifacts.

'Bohemian Rhapsody' piano, other Freddie Mercury belongings to be auctioned

They will go on public display for the first time in the month-long exhibition at Sotheby's, which will then auction many of the items in September.

By REUTERS
03/08/2023

Tel Aviv art museum cancels Christie's event over Nazi-linked jewelry auction

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art has cancelled its conference with Christie's amid controversies over a Nazi-linked jewelry sale. The fallout is growing as concerns mount and institutions reject profits.

By ASAF SHALEV/JTA
03/07/2023

The $108 million dollar lady: Klimt portrait sets European auction record

The fall of the hammer at 74 million pounds broke the tension, triggering a collective exhalation in the room and a round of applause.

By REUTERS
27/06/2023
A bust of dictator Adolf Hitler, among other Nazi artifacts seized in Argentina.

European rabbi urges auction house to pull Hitler's items from sale

Rabbi Menachem Margolin made a moral appeal to the auction house, stating that the items do not have inherent historical value and their sale could be dangerous.

30/05/2023

Irish auction house auctions off Adolf Hitler's personal items

The majority of Hitler's silver items have a current bidding price of £1, despite many of the estimations being in the tens-of-thousands.

Codex Sassoon acquired for ANU Museum of the Jewish People for $38.1 million

The manuscript is the world’s oldest nearly complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. It was handwritten roughly 1,100 years ago on 792 pages of sheepskin.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA , ASAF SHALEV/JTA
17/05/2023
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