Rich art: French pastry chefs auction chocolate sculptures
World 11:13 02/12/2025Chocolate artworks by some of France's most famous pastry chefs sold at auction Monday for more than 100,000 euros in a charity event that had bidders smacking their lips.
Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $54.6 mn, record for woman artist
World 11:19 21/11/2025A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.
Picasso painting held in private collection sells for $31 million at Paris auction
World 13:24 25/10/2025PARIS - A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, believed to be depicting his muse and partner Dora Maar, fetched 27 million euros ($31.49 million) at a Paris auction on Friday.
Original Birkin bag sells at auction for record $10 million
World 16:09 12/07/2025PARIS - The original bag custom-made for actress Jane Birkin, which became one of the era-defining designs of the 20th century, was sold in Paris on Thursday for a record 8.6 million euros ($10.04 million), auctioneer Sotheby's said.
Vietnamese firm seeks withdrawal after winning Thu Thiem land auction at over $1bn
Vietnam News 16:54 12/01/2022Tan Hoang Minh Group will lose the deposit of nearly $26.4 million if it unilaterally terminates the contract
Sotheby’s pulls allegedly fake Vietnamese painting from auction
Travel 14:59 07/10/2021Many experts claimed the international market for Vietnamese paintings has been rife with fraud
Ho Chi Minh City artists auction paintings to purchase resuscitation beds for local hospital
Travel 09:38 28/08/2021The auction amassed over VND1.27 billion ($55,714)
Vietnam Airlines to auction off 11 aircraft
Economy 13:06 03/06/2021The carrier had a fleet of 107 aircraft at the end of last year
Vietnamese painter’s rendition of Mona Lisa projected to hit big in coming auction
Vietnam Life 14:54 24/05/2021Mai Trung Thu's interpretation of the Mona Lisa will be put under the hammer on Monday
Ho Chi Minh City to auction three plots of land in Thu Thiem area
Vietnam News 15:40 02/05/2020The plots house 14 residential blocks with a total of 2,220 unused resettlement apartments and utility services
Limited versions of Hue architectural art book auctioned
Travel 20:00 10/10/2019The book stems from a preceding decade’s architectural art material
Purported Vietnamese paintings removed from Sotheby’s auctions over plagiarism claim
Travel 19:03 23/09/2019The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum claimed the genuine paintings, purchased in the 1960s, have never left its venue
