Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline One of the rarest and most valuable rookie cards of basketball legend Michael Jordan is expected to sell for as much as $3 million when it goes to auction next month as the market demand for sports memorabilia continues to ramp up, particularly for items tied to Jordan in the wake of the popular 2020 documentary series The Last Dance . Key Facts A Michael Jordan Upper Deck Signed 1986 Fleer #57 Rookie Card in top condition is estimated to sell for between $2 million and $3 million as part of a special online-only auction next month at Christie’s, the auction house said. If the card sells within that seven-figure price range, it will rank among the most expensive trading cards ever sold, led by a Lebron James Rookie Patch Auto Parallel card that fetched a record-breaking $5.2 million last year. Between 2006 and 2007, buyers who were lucky enough to pull a rare Fleer 20th anniversary card … [Read more...] about Rare Michael Jordan Rookie Basketball Card Could Sell For Up To $3 Million At Auction
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Princess Diana’s Wedding Tiara Goes On Display For Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The tiara worn by the late Princess Diana on her wedding day will go on display in London this summer for the first time since the 1960s as part of a landmark exhibit of aristocratic tiaras to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, which marks her 70th year on the British throne. Key Facts The Spencer tiara that Diana wore for her July 1981 wedding to Prince Charles will be on display at Sotheby’s London showroom from May 28 to June 15 alongside a collection of other royal tiaras, including pieces worn by Queen Victoria and Joséphine Bonaparte. Diana—who came from a long line of British aristocrats herself—opted to wear a tiara from her own family instead of borrowing one from the Queen for her wedding at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, which was televised to an audience estimated at 750 million . She wore the Spencer tiara, which is believed to have been initially created in 1767 and was … [Read more...] about Princess Diana’s Wedding Tiara Goes On Display For Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee
Michelangelo’s Long-Lost First Known Nude Drawing Sells For Record-Breaking $24.4 Million
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline An early drawing attributed to Michelangelo that was rediscovered in 2019 after going under the radar for centuries sold for $24.4 million in Paris Tuesday, breaking the previous record for any work by the old master at auction. Key Facts Michelangelo’s “A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures” broke multiple auction records, including surpassing the $10 million that his previously most expensive work—another male nude drawing called “The Risen Christ”—sold for in 2000, Christie’s said. The nude, shivering man Michelangelo drew is based on a figure in Florentine artist Masaccio’s fresco “The Baptism of the Neophytes” that is located in Santa Maria del Carmine, a church in Florence by which Michelangelo was entranced, according to his contemporaries. In his drawing, Michelangelo expanded on the original fresco by painting the main figure with more defined musculature—which … [Read more...] about Michelangelo’s Long-Lost First Known Nude Drawing Sells For Record-Breaking $24.4 Million