Three words on the backIn 1969 Paul Newman played a racing driver in Winning. His wife on screen was his wife off it, Joanne Woodward. Somewhere around the making of that film, she bought him a Rolex Daytona, reference 6239, built the year before.She had the caseback engraved with three words: DRIVE
Recent auction records reveal why collectors pay multimillion-dollar sums for the rarest Patek Philippe Nautilus executions.
For postwar artist Sam Francis, printmaking was not reproduction. It was a separate arena for experimenting with color, light, and the power of empty space.
Ferrari’s controversial first electric car just delivered one of the biggest surprises of Monterey Car Week, with Chassis 0 selling for an extraordinary $40 million.
The RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale features a Pop Art McLaren F1 owned by Nick Mason, a Porsche 911 Speedster from Jerry Seinfeld, and the very first production Ferrari Luce.
In 1962, an art dealer made a $1,000 deal for 32 canvases. It was a decision that would define Pop Art and eventually lead to a sale worth over $15 million.
For a new generation of hosts, the objects on the table matter as much as the conversation around it. Net-a-Porter’s al fresco edit suggests a return to personality and craft.
The black leather is embossed in gilt with the royal cypher of H.M. King George VI. Below it are the words ‘PRIME MINISTER’ and the number ‘II’. This is the exterior of a despatch box used by Sir Winston Churchill, a piece of history sold through Christie's for 139,700 GBP. It is documented as havin
The house's most significant designs began as functional leather goods, a history now driving one of luxury's fastest-growing collecting markets.
A 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton just became the most expensive dinosaur ever sold, fetching over $50.1 million at Sotheby's New York.
At an auction in New York, the jerseys of Pelé, Kobe Bryant, and Lew Alcindor are reminders that history is something you can hold.
The story of Gus, one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons ever found, is less about the discovery and more about the people it left behind.
