After pulpit panels, Boljoon moves to recover tabernacle sold at auction
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Rappler— Initially priced at P400,000, the tabernacle from Boljoon, Cebu eventually sold for P1.4 million
swifttelecast—The Most Expensive Dresses Ever Sold at Auction. In the art world, rare paintings and sculptures are known to fetch millions at auctions—and it seems fashion lovers are becoming just as serious about collecting some of the most
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—A portrait by Gustav Klimt is sold for $32M at a Vienna auction. VIENNA >> A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for 30 million euros ($32 million).
CNN—Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic to be sold at auction. A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, will go up for sale at an auction of memorabilia from the doomed ship. Astor was one of around 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg. His pregnant wife, Madeleine, survived. The watch is among a number of notable items on offer at auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire, England, on Saturday, including the valise that held...