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Pattie Boyd poses next to the original artwork by E. Frandsen De Schomberg, used for the cover of Derek and the Dominoes album 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' as part of The Pattie Boyd Collection at Christie's, in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The artwork is estimated to sell £40,000-60,000. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Auction of Pattie Boyd’s trove of treasures surpasses expectations as it nets $3.6 million

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This undated photo provided by Christie's shows &quot;La Montagne Sainte-Victoire&quot; by Paul Cezanne, an oil on canvas from the Paul G. Allen Collection. The painting was one of 60 pieces from the Paul G. Allen collection auctioned by Christie's in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, bringing $1.5 billion in a single night. (Christie's/Courtesy of the Paul G. Allen Estate via AP, File)

Art from Microsoft founder Paul Allen sells for $1.5 billion

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A Christie's employee displays a pink diamond called &quot;The Fortune Pink&quot; of 18,18 carat, during a preview at Christie's, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond is set to be sold at auction on Tuesday and is expected to fetch between $25 million and $35 million. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Pear-shaped pink diamond expected to reap $25M-35M at auction

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Then-Vice President Joe Biden (left) and his son Hunter Biden appear at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington on Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

AG Garland dodges question on special counsel for Hunter Biden’s art sales

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This image, provided by Christie's, shows Vincent van Gogh's 1888 work &quot;Wheatstacks,&quot; to be offered in the dedicated sale &quot;The Cox Collection: The Story of Impressionism,&quot; in New York, Nov. 11, 2021. The watercolor, seized by the Nazis during World War II is estimated at $20-million to $30-million. (Christie's via AP)

Van Gogh artwork looted by Nazis to be auctioned in New York

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a member of staff has their photograph taken in front of the artwork painted by Banksy during lockdown, entitled 'Game Changer', at Southampton General Hospital in Southampton, England. A Banksy painting honoring Britain’s health workers in the coronavirus pandemic has sold for a record 16.8 million pounds ($23.2 million.) Auction house Christie’s said Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that proceeds from the sale will be used to fund health organizations and charities across the U.K. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP, file)

Banksy painting raises $23 million for UK health charities

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Germany says it has handed over 14 works from Gurlitt trove

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FILE - In this May 30, 2017, file photo, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens poses for a photo on his Mesa Vista Ranch in the panhandle of Texas. Works of art depicting the American West and other items collected by the late Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens are expected to sell for more than $15 million at an auction. Christie's announced Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 that the auction will be held Oct. 28 in New York. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)

Western art collected by T. Boone Pickens offered at auction

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Sale of sacred statues riles Black Lives Matter campaigners

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

The life jackets of Madeline Astor and Laura Mabel Francatelli are displayed at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. The museum is showing six of the 12 known remaining life jackets from ship, including at least one worn by a survivor that's never been shown. (Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

Titanic survivor’s lifejacket on exhibit at museum

By AMY MCRARY - Associated Press

Egypt asks Interpol to help it retrieve King Tut statue

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 31, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian guard walks out of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Christie’s in London has said Thursday July 4, 2019, they are going forward with the auction of a 3,000-year-old brown quartzite head sculpture depicting the famed Egyptian boy pharaoh Tutankhamun despite protests from the Egyptian government, that is thought to be valued at more than US dollars 5 million (4 million pounds).(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Christie’s goes ahead with contested King Tut statue auction

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FILE - In this July 7, 2016, file photo, musician David Gilmour performs in the ancient roman amphitheater of the Pompeii archeological site, Italy. Christie’s auction house says it raised $21.5 million Thursday, June 20, 2019, selling off more than 120 guitars owned by the Pink Floyd guitarist, singer and songwriter. Proceeds went to ClientEarth, a non-profit fighting climate change. A black Stratocaster, dubbed the “Black Strat”, was the top item and was snatched up for $3,975,000, a new world record for a guitar at auction. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

David Gilmour puts his guitars up for auction, raises $21.5M

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This undated photo provided by Christie’s Images Ltd. auction house shows Jeff Koon's &quot;Rabbit.&quot; The sculpture was sold at auction by Christie's on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in New York for over $91 million. (Christie’s Images Ltd. via AP)

Koon’s ‘Rabbit’ fetches record $91 million at NY auction

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People fix a banner that reads in French: &quot;Notre-Dame is roofless, we too!&quot; during a protest in front of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Monday, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Homeless activists outside Notre Dame demand ‘a roof too’

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Flowers and tributes are left outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

More yellow vest protests despite Notre Dame fire

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Salma Hayek, left, and Francois-Henri Pinault arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Francois-Henri Pinault, father pledge 100 million euros to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 29, 2017, file photo, Bill Baroni leaves federal court after sentencing in Newark, N.J. Baroni, a high-ranking appointee of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is due in court Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, to be resentenced in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Bridge scandal defendant resentenced to less prison time

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, British singer George Michael performs at a concert to raise money for the AIDS charity Sidaction, during the Symphonica tour at Palais Garnier Opera house in Paris, France. Artworks collected by George Michael before his death in 2016 are going up for auction. Christie's is selling the music star's collection, including pieces by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas _ members of the &quot;Young British Artists&quot; generation who, like Michael, shook up Britain's creative scene in the 1980s and 90s. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

George Michael’s art collection up for auction at Christie’s

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 24, 2017 file photo, an employee poses with Leonardo da Vinci's &quot;Salvator Mundi&quot; on display at Christie's auction rooms in London. The rare painting of Christ, which that sold for a record $450 million, is heading to a museum in Abu Dhabi. The newly-opened Louvre Abu Dhabi made the announcement in a tweet on Wednesday, Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Bought a $450M painting? In NY, don’t worry about the tax

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press