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Insights on Auction Sales: A Terracotta Sculpture, a Hobby Race Car Model

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Estimated at just $5,000–$20,000, it shocked the room by selling for a remarkable $184,500, likely a record for the artist. The sale totaled $72,275 across 443 items, proving that even small-scale machinery can drive big results when rarity and provenance align.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Rare Nambu Pistol, Baseball Greatness

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These early Japanese pistols, known as “Grandpa Nambus,” are already scarce, but this example’s pristine condition and rarity made it a true collector’s prize. Also featured in the Hindman sale was a striking 1991 serigraph of Michael Jordan by famed sports artist LeRoy Neiman.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

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Also included in the Vogt sale were two paintings by French artist Edouard Cortes, a rare sight in a South Texas auction, though not entirely unprecedented—Vogt has sold a dozen Cortes works in the past six years. both exceptional values given the rarity and quality of the work.

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Labubu: The New Toy Craze Sweeping Retail & Resale

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Sealed in blind bags, the Labubus have staggered rarity akin to Shopkins and other toys, but celebrity influence has shot these toys to the top of the must-have charts. The pint-size cuddlers are the brainchild of Kasing Lung, an artist and writer from Hong Kong. They’ve also become a target for gamblers on TikTok.

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Slowly, Brazil’s art market is becoming more racially diverse

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Many galleries at ArtRio have recently begun representing Black and Indigenous artists, though non-white dealers remain a rarity

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So Why Was This Particular Birkin Bag Worth $10.1 Million?

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Their rarity increases demand, of course, and the brand has enjoyed the status of being both unattainable and everywhere. Birkin first met Jean-Louis Dumas, then the artistic director of Hermès, in 1984 on an Air France flight. Celebrities carry them, at least those with enough clout and cash to get one.

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Jane Birkin’s original namesake Hermès bag sells for record-breaking €8.6m at Sotheby’s Paris

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Fans chalk up the popularity of the Birkin—and a similar Hermès model, the Kelly—to the bag’s clean lines, expert craftsmanship and rarity. The rest is history. It is also a status symbol, aside from its hefty price tag; you cannot just walk into a store and buy one off the shelf. with additional reporting by Scott Reyburn