I remember listening to music on vinyls used to be a great experience, with the swoosh of the pick-up's arm creating an unforgettable audiophonic experience. Fortunately, it's not all over, as there are many enthusiasts willing to bring those technologies back to life. For example, the leader of Third Man Records, Jack White, has come up with a special LP with Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. The glamour and dazzle from The Great Gatsby movie were superbly immortalized into these metalized ...

News has come to our ears that Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale totaled a massive $230 million, pretty close to the pre-estimated $235 million. One of the stars of the auction was Paul Cezanne's famous painting "Les Pommes", which fetched $41.6 million. Cezanne's work, focused on still life, was realised between 1889 and 1890, having been expected to bring somewhere between $25 million and $35 million. As you can see, all ideas related to the estimated price were practically pulverized, ...

These objects are as useful as household accessories as they are close to being artworks. With one of these your girlfriend will probably forget about pestering you will all sorts of depositing-related issues. We've already seen boxes from Harry Winston, Ralph Lauren or Cointreau, but the latest achievement of Linley is quite an eye-catcher. The so-called London Boxes are parts of a limited edition collection of safekeeping cases, limited to just 50 pieces of each model. They depict the London skyline ...

One of the most mind-boggling news of recent times is the phone bid made by Stephen A. Wynn (Steve Wynn) over Jeff Koons' Tulips, during November 2012. The fabled casino mogul and collector magnate had reportedly decided to pay a whopping $33.6 million for the artwork, a massive steel and chromium bouquet of multi-colored tulips. This has set a new Christie's auction record for the artist. Even though this rather interesting bouquet of twisted balloon flowers cast in steel, polished to ...

We've come across this outstanding announcement just a couple of days ago: The wonderful Louvre Abu Dhabi art gallery will reportedly be built by a consortium led by Arabtec Holding, a brand from Dubai. The total cost of the project is said to reach a mind-boggling $654 million. The brand, Abu Dhabi Tourism Development and Investment Company, has also announced they aim to open the museum in 2015, after around 2 years of research and development. The statement also says that ...

Enthusiasts of art should definitely take a look at this. One of John Constable's works, The Lock, measuring 56 x 47 inches (142.2 x 120.7 cm) and painted oil on canvas was sold for £22,441,250 ($34.2 million) at a Christie's auction in London during this week by an anonymous buyer. The painting displays rural life in Suffolk, eastern England, and was officially finished in 1824. It is known as the 5th in a famous series of 6 wide paintings of the ...

We've got something exclusive for collectors and fans of the famous character James Bond, Ian Fleming's Casino Royale book - first edition. is on sale for £50,000 ($78,000). The book was the main source of inspiration for the most recent James Bond movie. A very rare, hardbound book, it's a mind-blower even today, considering it is around 60 years old. The wrapper is unrestored and there's absolutely no foreign inscription inside. A good thing is that the wrapper is not price ...

The largest book of photographs ever published has recently been sold at Bonhams’ Book, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs sale. This piece, almost resembling an atlas, was purchased for the incredible sum of £330,000 or $519,000. The final amount paid for it was actually more than 5 times bigger than the estimated price, somewhere between £50,000 and £70,000. There was quite some fuss related to this book on the occasion of the auction, as many rich entrepreneurs have bid for it. ...