Five James Bond novels, which the author Ian Fleming gifted to his close friend and neighbour in Jamaica, the playwright, composer and actor Noël Coward, are to be auctioned by Christie’s in London...

The adrenalin was at its highest point when Jussi Pylkkänen, global president of Christie’s, opened the auction on December 19 around 7.30pm by offering lot one. That night we totalled Rs 96,59,37,...

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Sir — A 1929 painting by Edward Hopper, 'Chop Suey', was recently auctioned at Christie’s for almost $92 million (“Hopper painting sells for $91m”, Nov 15). What is unfortunate, however, is th...

He is America’s most celebrated painter of the solitary realities of 20th century life. But on Tuesday night at Christie’s, Edward Hopper joined the unreality of today’s art market when his 1929...