Christie’s says the sale price is the highest for a Fabergé, beating a £8.9m auction in 2007 A vintage jewel-studded Fabergé egg that belonged to the mother of Russia’s last emperor has been sold for a record £22.9m in London. The Winter egg was commissioned in 1913 by Emperor Nicholas II as an Easter gift for his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, and is described as one of the most lavish of Fabergé’s imperial creations. Continue reading...

New Zealand police allege 32-year-old ingested the 18-karat gold egg – a James Bond Octopussy locket – and say the object has ‘not yet been recovered’

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A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution is going up for auction.

The baked dish is one of the US's most popular foods, but its rise can likely be traced back to an enslaved Black chef who worked for Thomas Jefferson.

Home perched in Hollywood Hills, constructed for $37,500 and made famous by Julius Shulman photo, listed for $25m

The chairs are expected to fetch between £8,000 and £12,000 when they go under the hammer.

The baby calf, expected after mid-January, would be the first in nearly 25 years born at the zoo.

“High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” a new docuseries executive produced by Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions that is now streaming on Peacock, highlights who it says are the first American cowboy...

Mumbai is home to one of the world's largest collection of Art Deco buildings, but many are unprotected.

Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...

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A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup recovered by Colombian scientists from San José, a 1708 wreckage said to hold items worth billions of dollars A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup are among the first objects recovered by Colombian scientists from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the legendary Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 after being attacked by a British fleet. The recovery is part of a scientific investigation authorised by the government last year to study the wreckage and the causes of the sinking. Colombian researchers located the galleon in 2015, leading to legal and diplomatic disputes. Its exact location is a state secret. Continue reading...

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From Ottoman "cat sitters" to modern-day street guardians, Istanbul's bond with its cats runs centuries deep.

Ward Landrigan, who helped transform Verdura and Belperron from cult favorites to renowned jewelry icons, died on Nov. 9. He was 84.

The watch belonged to Bavarian-born American businessman Isidor Straus, who died in the disaster.

‘I understand that there is a temptation to bring everything in India, whether it’s literature, music or art, around to its relationship to nationalism. But as my friends in the art world have always ...