“Blue Diamond,” an 8ft (2.5m) wood stainless steel sculpture is a part of a series of diverse tinted statuettes carved by US artist Jeff Koons. Made up of refined steel and chromium, this diamond sculpture would be a part of the “Post-war and contemporary art” sale scheduled at Christie’s auction house on 13 November.

It is expected to raise $12mn when it would be set for auction in November at Christie’s auction house. Right there, Elizabeth Taylor portrait by Andy Warhol is expected to fetch $25m. Out of the four versions of the diamond, the red, green and pink sculptures are in confidential custody and a yellow on is presently in under the process of fabrication.

If Blue Diamond manages to retain its guesstimate, it would be reaching its two-fold mark against its most expensive sales at his auction of Michael Jackson’s sculpture along with his pet monkey Bubbles that generated a sales of $5.6mn in 2001.

“20th-Century Design”

Around 26 September, Christie’s International block in New York would be populated with the medley of elegant antediluvian and modern furnishings estimated to generate sales of $3 million.
This private sale labeled as “An Important Private Collection of Mid- 20th Century Design,” organized by an unidentified collector aims at offering affordable products.

A real record breaking auction was of Warhol’s Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) that earned a a bulky sum of $71.7mn to the artist in the beginning of this year.

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An Update: The Guennol Lioness, Mesopotamian sculpture gold sold for $57 mn at New York on 6 December.

Identified as the Guennol Lioness, an antique granite figurine of a majestic lioness with over 8 centimeters (3 1/4 inches) tall is expected to fetch $18 million at Sotheby’s in New York on 5 December.

The sale is organized by Steel Baron’s heir. The sale would follow the auction of Bronze Horse head (10 mn), Buddha statue (3.3 mn - 4.5mn) and Bond’s ball ($5, 00,000).

In 1948, this 5,000-year-old statue was conquered by private collector Alastair Bradley Martin and since then it was placed at the Brooklyn Museum. As per Sotheby’s, this effigy is expected to arrive from primeval Mesopotamia (Iran).

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Days back I informed you about the Sotheby’s auction of bronze horse’s head scheduled for 9 October inviting all Chinese. But Buddha’s statue sale scheduled for 21 September in New York is an invitation for Richard Gere along with other Buddhists.

The artwork dating back to 13th Century Tibet is quite interesting. It’s most appealing part is its gilt copper maitreya that is embedded with silver and semiprecious stones. It is expected to generate sales worth $3.5 million to $4.5 million .

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If you want to celebrate the birth ceremony of your one-year young kid in an elite manner, then only read further; otherwise free feel to move to my previous post or wait for next one.

This 18th century wooden cradle clad with gold plates and embedded with a total of about 2,000 gems of diamond, ruby, emerald is displayed at the “Treasures of the Topkapi Palace and the Magnificent Ottoman Dynasty” exhibition in Tokyo.

Besides this, around 140 treasures from the residence of the Ottoman Empire, the precursor to the Republic of Turkey, including the cradle are exhibited.

The occasion is to celebrate the birth of Prince Hisahito on 6 September 2006 to Princess Kiko, the wife of Japanese Emperor Akihito’s second son Prince Akishino.

These riches will be on for demonstration from 1 August to 24 September.

You must have heard of numerous Kitty dolls in the market but I am sure this Hello Kitty Selection, event happening at the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo is news for you.

Ready to add-on to the list of expensive toys of your kids, this expensive Hello Kitty doll, made of 62,000 Swarovski crystal glasses, is modeled after Japanese traditional “Fortune-Inviting-Cat” figure. Around 800 unique Hello Kitty products are on sale.

To give you the feel of the dolls and other exciting products, just jump down:

The doll on left is retailed at 8 million yen ($66,115) and on right will cost you1, 575,000 yen ($13,016).

At bottom are cosmetics boxes sold at 367,500 yen (US$3,037) each.

This introduction of a new elite product is a value addition to my earlier updates. So dear friends, I am considering that you know Christie’s New York auction that are in news for long.

Also, the products displayed at Christie’s auction are inviting eyeballs. So, here is one more. Designed by Diego Rivera, the “silver metal headboard” is expected to fetch up to $40,000 during the Christie’s New York auction “Maria Felix: La Dona” on 17-18 July 2007.

Measurements: 51 inches (height) by 85 inches (width)

Now give me the honor to introduce you with some insights about this designer product. The work was made for Maria Felix, the iconic Mexican movie star nicknamed “La Dona,” and belonged the estate of Felix. And who knows, you might be the one to fit it right in your living room.

So, Are you ready to join the queue?

The much awaited Apple iPhone had barely seen the dawn of launch and it already got into the race of bling. And there we have the dazzling new avatar of the God of mobile phones no wonders the gadget gurus call tagged this mobile wonder as the Jesus Phone.

But who’s idea was it to give a crystallized makeover and play with the looks of the wonder gadget that it already was. The credit of reaching out to the great experiment goes to a site called Crystal Icing, who caked the phone with 3000 Tiny SS7 swarovski crystals and made it a gizmo apt enough to be flaunted by a richie-rich man or his riches loving gal!

What more choice shall Crystal Icing give you to pick your iPhone from a range of many decorated in a number of in a patterns and colors.

Via: www.crystalicing.com

Here I want to have a small chat with the art-lovers who have an inclination towards painting and take a step ahead in giving vent to their emotions and thoughts through daring paintings.

One such man is Tim Jennings, who has made a bid of $822,000 for the painting available at auction hall in Sydney on 24 May. The late Australian Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye created this painting “Earth Creation” in 1995. The painting will first head to Osaka and Tokyo before retuning to Jennings’ gallery in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.

Lin Onus’s masterpiece ‘Fish and Storm Clouds’ (1994) at display in the exhibition before the Lawson-Menzies auction of Aboriginal fine art began in Sydney on 23 May.

Using the Western and Aboriginal systems of painting along with a magic of colors, Onus, a prominent Yorta Yorta Aborigine has made an effort to present the trance reality stipulated in the Australian landscape.

Hella Jongerius is coming with Beads and Pieces, a project which is handcrafted in the primary coca leaf-growing region of Peru with the help of non-profitable Aid to Artisans organization.

Beads&Pieces’ handcrafted and socially liable origins are obvious in its design.
The ceramists’ hardworking is seen in the graceful curves exacted in black ceramic, a customary Peruvian pottery method. Designs from the original Shipibo tribe were
also included into the beading.
Price can vary from $132 to $682.

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