Now playing Next Art Botticelli's Jesus Christ portrait in record books after €40m sale 'Man of Sorrows' went on sale at Sotheby's New York on January 27, exceeding even the highest of expert deal estimates by millions of euros. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Italy 'Dripping with blood': Anger as Moro kidnapping letter sold at auction Critics have questioned whether the sale of the note -- claiming responsibility for abducting Italy's former PM -- is in good taste. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Art Miniature Banksy model sells for over €1 million in UK auction The small thatched model building was put up for sale by its British owners over fears it would one day be stolen. 27/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news John Lennon's son auctions The Beatles memorabilia as NFTs The certified digital artworks going under the hammer in California next month include the NFT version of the handwritten notes for the song 'Hey Jude', with an estimated price tag of up to €62,000. 26/01/2022
Now playing Next Art Sotheby's third 'Stone' series centres on Italy, mixing old with new Bidding for the 'Stone III' sale closes on Wednesday evening and can be followed online. 19/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Diamond that came from meteorite to go on sale in London The diamond is extremely rare and believed to have come from space via a "Don't Look Up" style meteorite encounter. 18/01/2022
Now playing Next Art Single page of a Spiderman comic sells for €3 million A comic book panel featuring the superhero's transformation into the infamous Venom fetched the record breaking price at an auction in the US. 17/01/2022
Now playing Next Art Magritte masterpiece worth €52 million could shatter artist's record Experts at Sotheby's estimate the Belgian surrealist's painting 'L’empire des lumières' will more than double his current auction record. 13/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Rare cassette of Prince album, scrapped for being 'evil', up for sale First due for release in 1987, Prince scrapped the album because he thought it was cursed. 07/01/2022
Now playing Next no comment First tuna auction of year at Toyosu fish market The new year's first tuna auction was held at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, early on Wednesday morning. The top bid at the event was a bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori prefecture, weighing in at 211 kilograms. 05/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news 'Merry Christmas': World's first SMS sells for €107,000 at NFT auction Vodafone auctions the world's first SMS, sent in December 1992, in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), a certificate guaranteeing its ownership, for 107,000 euros. 22/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Garry Kasparov leads new NFT auction of star collectibles Starting with chess champion Garry Kasparov, 1Kind will foster a relationship between stars and their fans using blockchain tech to make unique collectibles. They gave Euronews Culture an exclusive look at what's on sale. 14/12/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Wikipedia creator's computer and NFT up for auction at Christie's Fancy treating yourself with the first historical modification of a Wikipedia page? It's now possible… as an NFT. 09/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Empress Josephine Bonaparte's 'highly rare' tiaras sell for €710,000 Both headpieces are set with gemstones engraved with classical heads, several of which are possibly dating back to the Roman era, as early as 100 BC, and were designed to be worn together. 08/12/2021
Now playing Next Art Botticelli painting bought for €12,000 in '63 to sell for €35 million 'The Man of Sorrows' is believed to have been produced in the late 15th/early 16th century. After living in a private collection for over 60 years, it's set to make a fortune. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next Art Villa featuring world's only Caravaggio mural on sale for €471 million A private property that's thought to be home to the world's only Caravaggio mural will be auctioned off in Rome next month. The mural itself is thought to be worth at least €300 million. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next Art 'Botto', the robot creating works of art, makes its first million The artificially intelligent artist uses algorithms to analyse millions of works of art and produce its own. 30/11/2021
Now playing Next Art World's first NFT ballet set to go on sale London Royal Ballet's prima ballerina will star in pieces set to go on auction for £50,000. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Hospices de Beaune 2021 auction sees record €800,000 barrel puchase The proceeds will go to the French NGO 'Solidarité Femmes' and the Curie Institute. 22/11/2021
Now playing Next USA Rare copy of US Constitution sells for a world record €38 million It is one of only 11 known surviving copies of the US charter. 19/11/2021