A long-lost portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has sold for nearly GBP 26 million at auction, considerably less than expected. The auction took place in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday, 24th April, going to a bidder from Hong…
A 19th-century silk sunshade once owned by Empress Elisabeth of Austria has sold for an astonishing EUR 91,000, more than 10 times the auctioneer’s estimate. Elisabeth – or Sisi to family and friends – was hailed as Europe’s greatest beauty…
A fabulous jewellery collection once owned by multi-billionaire Heidi Horten is to go under the hammer at Christie’s for an expected USD 150 million. Art connoisseur Horten inherited the bulk of her USD 3 billion (GBP 2.4 billion) fortune from…