There’s a huge Hollywood auction being planned on the 1st of August which will clear out some of the storage cupboards in the famous film location. This, for instance, is THE original T.I.E. Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars no less, and it’s expected to reach a whopping £75,000.
Then you’ve got Tobey Maguire’s mask from Spider-Man which is expected to fetch up to £27,500. Also for sale are Ben Affleck’s complete Daredevil costume and outfits from X-Men, Van Helsing and Space Patrol.
Or perhaps even every child’s dream toy growing up in the 80’s, the hoverboard used by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back To The Future II and III, which is listed for sale at between £15,000-£25,000.
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To mark the 150th anniversary of Boucheron, La Maison Du Chocolat were recently called in to recreate the unique style of a Boucheron snake necklace… but in chocolate!
The chocolate version is truly a work of art directed by the Creative Director of Chocolate at La Maison du Chocolat. It’s not all chocolate though… it has a The 20.08 carat tinted yellow diamond for a tongue.
We were recently invited to go and see the necklace in its full glory (and try a few chocolates of course) at the London flag ship store. Heavily guarded, the necklace is on a tour around the globe which includes locations such as Japan, Russia, India, America as well as a few other exclusive locations.
It’s for sale too… at £600,000! We were advised by the Commercial Director of Boucheron that there has been some interest in the piece, but it recently endured a slight problem in Japan when all the flashes from the Japanese paparazzi started melting the snake!
Would you wear it? Ermmmm… nope and I probably wouldn’t eat it either (although it’s gonna be delicious). No doubt it will make a nice valentines gift for a billionaire!
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”Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” a painting by Lucian Freud, of a voluptuous naked lady has set a new world record price for a piece by a living artist.
The exquisitely painted artwork, which was completed in 1995 and was sold at Christie’s, Rockefeller Center auction house in New York for a staggering $33.6 million (£17.2 million).
Posted by Ruth Miller on Fri 11th April 2008 at 04:38 PM, Filed in Expensive Art
A classic Lucian Freud portrait of a rather plump lady, is predicted to break the world auction record for most expensive painting by a living artist.
The elegantly constructed masterpiece is titled “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” named after the profession of the sitter. The painting which was completed in 1995 is expected to fetch $35 million (£18 million) at Christie’s, exceeding the current record of $23.56 million, held since last year by the American artist Jeff Koons.
Amazing, considering the credit crunch......
A nude photo of France’s first lady Carla Bruni has recently been sold at auction for a staggering $91,000 (£46,098).
The rather artistic image was taken by renowned photographer Michel Comte in 1993.
The photo was bought at Christies New York by an anonymous bidder, with the final auction price hitting 30 times the list price.
