Auction

The 11 coal mines which were put for sale under the fourth tranche of auction received 26 bids, said Ministry of Coal, on March 2. The bids will soon be evaluated and shortlisted by a multi-disciplinary Technical Evaluation Committee. The ministry further stated that the qualified bidders will take part in the electronic auction which will be conducted on MSTC portal, on March 24.

The second edition of Asta Guru’s ‘Present Future’ series will feature 115 artworks of 83 artists including paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations, on Feb 10 and 11. The highlight of the auction will be the 'Bindi Painting' of Artist Bharti Kher, which will resemble femininity, strength, and spirituality. “The market for contemporary Indian art is continuously witnessing growth bearing various unique mediums,… read-more

A painting by German expressionist Franz Marc, returned last year from a museum to the descendants of a Jewish collector who fled the Nazis, will be auctioned. The rare painting features 'The Foxes (Die Füchse)', featuring two brightly colored, intertwined foxes. "It'll be an amazing moment for the art world because Franz Marc's important pictures are incredibly rare," told Jussi Pylkkänen to Reuters.

In 1995, Elon Musk was a teaching assistant at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Reportedly, two pieces of coursework annotated and initialed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being auctioned by Boston based RR Auction. The work of Musk includes a piece of case study, graded as "8 1/2." His work attracted a highest… read-more

The original handwritten manuscript of Sherlock Holmes novel 'The Hound of Baskervilles' page was sold for $423,000 to a private buyer by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Reportedly, It was in a good condition and measured 20cm x 33cm. Only 37 such pages are left in existence in today's time because most of the pages disintegrated as it was acidic. The page is titled "Chapter XIII, Fixing the Nets".