Wouldn’t it be nice to have so much money that you could buy anything you wanted without checking your bank balance first? Ever wondered what the world’s wealthiest people spend their fortunes on?

Some items are too exclusive to put a price tag on. Instead, these works are sold at high-end auctions, ultimately purchased for sums unimaginable to most people. For example, in July 2025, the ...

A long-held lesson of economics is that the value of an item is what someone is willing to pay for it. Still, when it comes to auctions, that concept only partially explains the astronomical prices ...

Each year, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the top auction houses in the country, put culturally significant blue-chip art from precious art collections up for sale. This year, both auctions took place in ...