Pieces of sets, costumes, and props from the critically acclaimed Netflix series "The Crown" have recently fetched more than $1.8 million in a London live and online auction facilitated by Bonhams.
A large collection of Viennese Imperial and Royal jewellery discovered in a German bank safe earlier this year has finally gone under the hammer by Sotheby's, achieving a White Glove Sale and generating close to 10 million CHF.
The sale benefitting the Art Institute of Chicago more than doubled highest estimate. Total with premium was nearly $1.9 million, exceeding the cumulative high estimate of $772,450. Known as a “white glove sale,” rare in the auction world, every lot sold. On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, Toomey & Co. Auctioneers in Oak Park, Illinois, presented a single-owner sale, The Ira Simon Collection: Sold for the Benefit of the Art Institute of Chicago. Curated by Vice President & Senior .