The auction house is in its full swing to present the innovative creation by Islamic artists from Middle Ages at “Arts of the Islamic World” sale schedule to happen on 24 October at Sotheby in London. Among the displayed creation is a Mughal gem-set jade hilted dagger and scabbard from India circa 1800. It is anticipated to fetch $30,000- $40,000.

Also present at the exhibition would be a 12th century bronze lion-form incense burner from Khurasan that is estimated for $120,000-$160,000.

The exhibition would continue till 28 October. Other items flaunting at the exhibition would be a fine group of Koran cloths, ‘Oo Bakhshandeh Ast’ painting by Mohammad Ehsai, Oxford desk dictionary by Khalil Rabah and others.

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Enough of Paintings, Statues and other artwork spreading their charm at auction houses; its time to give some respect to Hitler’s globe. Discovered by American soldier John Barsamian in 1945 May, this globe was kept at his home in Oakland after being shipped from Berghof, Hitler’s home in the Bavarian Alps town of Berchtesgaden along with a pistol and a dagger.

Around 60-years, this blog served as a masterpiece at his home and was introduced only to the friends and acquaintances visiting his place. But now Barsamian has plans to display this relic at an auction together with military paperwork that permitted him to bring it back to the U.S., including a official document reading “1 Global Map, German, Hitler’s Eagle Nest.”

The globe stands on a natural wooden dais and would perfectly fit-in a high-school classroom. Seemingly, a transparent-weathered ribbon has encircled the globe around the equator. The auction is scheduled for 13 November in San Francisco and is estimated to invite bids ranging from $15,000 to $20,000.

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A colorful creation by Indian artist Raqib Shaw viz. “Garden of Earthly Delight III” not only fetched $5.49 million but set a record for Indian art at the Contemporary Art sale at Sotheby’s here. Demonstrated at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York on 15 October, the painting is the record breaking monumental work ever auctioned by the artist. This is a clear indication of the Indian contemporary art approaching on the global platform.

Painted using eastern cultures of India, China and Japan; the designs and forms depicted in Sha’s creation recalls oriental carpets, Persian miniatures and Kashmiri Jamavar shawls. Viewing Shaw’s creation is not less than an entry into a kaleidoscope sunken dream.

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The period from 1945-1970 is considered as post-World War II period and most memorable period of the 20th century as straddling activities from Abstract Expressionism in New York to Pop Art earned popularity in England and the U.S. As a custom, artistic creation by artists who prospered in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s are classically exhibited twice-yearly at Christie’s auction in London and New York.

An established name in the realm of Contemporary Art sales, Christie auction has been beating the record sales. Whilst earlier we have told you about handful of highlights of Post-War and Contemporary Art sale scheduled at Christie from 14-16 October viz. Jeff Koons blue diamond sculpture and also Francis Bacon’s “Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light’, the list requires an updating.

Amongst the exhibited pieces at Christie’s, the 2000 artpiece “Fivold Eye” by Olafur Eliasson in London is estimated to fetch $190,000-$240,000.

Jeff Koons’s blue diamond sculpture is the star lot of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening on 13 November and is expected to generate $12mn.

French artist Jean-Michel Basquiet’s creation “The Thinker” is anticipated to fetch $4.1mn-$5mn as a part of post-war and contemporary art sale scheduled for 16 October.

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Whilst earlier we have told you about array of masterworks by Francis bacon that have made up to Sotheby’s auction including Bullfight and his Self portrait with an anticipated value of $50mn, the news is he has updated his portfolio by generating more than £8mn for his artwork auctioned lately at Christie’s.

As a part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art sale “Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light” gathered the attention of art lovers from across the globe and finally was sold for £8,084,500 ($18,159,693) at Christie in London.

Bacon portrayed this nude male in lieu of rent to the Royal College of Art as he used Cromwell Road studio in 1969 as temporary working space in the crisis situation when his studio got smashed due to fire. The sales generated would be donated for the erection of the new imperial College of Art buildings located in Battersea. The painting will continue catching eyeballs till 16 October, 2007.

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What could be the best combination of a masterpiece? Steel and stones are the only ingredients used to design a musical instrument identified as Steel and Stone Cello Sculpture. Designed in California, this product is worth installing in your guest-room and is light weight and airy feel adds to its USP.

Its copper-stringed bow is unbeatable and the very fact that its artistic approach doesn’t compromise to the harmonious spirit of the artists’ viz. Nerio Festa and Heidi Hummler adds to its beauty. You can handpick this lively sculpture and take away to your home at just $3800.

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In the array of paintings available for auction, Iranian painting is a new deserving candidate. International Christie’s Auction house has scheduled an auction of a ‘Saqqa-khaneh’ (drinking-place) painting by an unbeatable Iranian painter Hossein Zenderoudi on 31 October.

The painting is expected to fetch $140,000-$180,000 as a part of Christie’s “International Modern and Contemporary Art” in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel in Dubai. The artwork acted as a great impetus for Zenderoudi’s enlightenment of the holy Qur’an, published in 1972. It bagged the year’s UNESCO award for being the most beautiful book published ever. Otherwise, the artist has won numerous awards at the Venice, Sao Paulo and Paris biennials.

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Filthy-Rich Gentry doesn’t have a limit to their whooping desires. Day in and out, we have been witnessing entry of masterpieces, artwork, paintings, statues to the international auction houses viz. Sotheby’s and Christie’s. And the next day, the highest bidder dominates the headline. Luxury seems to be in their veins and thus they can afford to buy the weirdest of product at outrageous prices.

Lately, Denise Lefrak Calicchio, former Sotheby’s broker has given vent to his thoughts charting down the psychology of the filthy-rich. Pointing towards investing in estates that has almost become a norm, he said the trend is not restricted to mere purchase but its constant renovation is what drives big bucks. Imagine a villa equipped with $30,000 couch or world’s most-expensive accessories, appliances and thingy products. And above it, revamp suiting to the present time catching eyeballs. His condensed view is: “This trend is not going to go away because there are so many people who want these apartments. There’s the new rich and there’s the old rich. There’s the poor rich and the rich rich.”

Well, I think there is no harm till the time a person can afford to buy his desires by throwing few packets of money. Someone has rightly said: “You are as good as your last story.” This perfectly fits in riches status symbol and drives them to keep updating their portfolio, reaching higher and higher and higher.

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The countless pieces of Chinese cultural work that were looted during various assaults on China were returned to the mainland on 9 October at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. More than 30 pieces of ceramics and art work were featured at the auction. Many of these were snatched by the European traders during the raiding of China at the time of incursion.

The major highlight of the sale was the 6-cm (2.4-inch) ‘Tai Shang Huang Di’ White Jade Seal, which was designed in 1796 to mark the repudiation of fifth emperor of Manchu Qing Dynasty i.e. Emporer Qianlong. The Jade Seal is been retrieved around 150 years after it was stolen from the Summer Palace outside Beijing during the period of Second Opium War. Beating the previous sales-record of White Seal, this sold was sold to an anonymous mainland collector for $5.92 million. The sale was scheduled on a day following the sale of atypical, flawless blue diamond that fetched $7.98 million, making it the world’s most expensive gemstone per carat ever mentioned in the history of auction.

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