Sotheby’s says the meteorite was blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike and traveled 140 miles to Earth, ...

A rare 54-pound Martian meteorite is set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York, with an estimated value between $2 ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

Grande tête mince” — a bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti — failed to meet expectations at a recent Sotheby’s auction.

The very first auction that Christie’s conducted, back in London in 1766, was a single-owner collection sale of objects only identified as “the property of a Noble Personage (Deceas’d).” Presumably, ...

A private collector from Japan bought the prototype made for and owned by Jane Birkin.

Lauren Sánchez was the losing bidder for the original Hermès Birkin bag, which sold to a Japanese collector for a ...

Grace Hertlein’s collection is “a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the early decades of an art historical and technological ...

The well-worn prototype crushed the old record for the highest sale of a handbag, and became the second most expensive fashion item ever auctioned.

The sale now holds three titles: the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, the new record for fashion item sold in ...