Auction News

London - An egg, belonging to an extinct elephant bird is going up for auction in London. The rare egg is anticipated to fetch up to $45,000 when it goes on sale.

London - In the 1980's, following a conversation about ecology and beach erosion, Warhol's New York art dealers suggested he make prints of endangered species. He went ahead and called his works "animals in make-up".

New York - A Renaissance painting by the Italian master, Sandro Botticelli reached a record price at Christies on January 30, as "Madonna and Child with Young Saint John the Baptist" sold for $10,442,500.

Russian artist Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the 'Chinese Girl' is to go on sale at a London auction house.

Amherst - Earlier this month, it was reported that a rare photo of Princess Diana, relaxing with a young man other than Prince Charles and marked "Not to be published", had been found. It has now been sold on auction and the mysterious young man identified.

Borja - Cecilia Giménez, the Spanish artist who was responsible for the unfortunate 'restoration' of the Ecce Homo fresco in a small town church in Spain, is now auctioning one of her own paintings on eBay for charity.

A Brazilian girl Catarina Migliorini, 20, has auctioned off her virginity, as she claims, for charity. Migliorini will receive $780,000 for losing her virginity aboard a plane with Japanese big-spender "Nastu." The auction ended at 4 a.m. EST, Wednesday.

New revelations surface in the bizarre story of a 20 year-old woman who claims she is auctioning off her virginity as a charity event for the homeless and poor in her native country.

Santa Catarina - A 20-year-old Brazilian student has found a unique way of raising money for homeless families in her hometown of Santa Catarina: She's selling her virginity online. The move is catching people's attention and garnering much criticism.

A North Carolina woman pulled in a nice profit this past weekend after a painting she had purchased at Goodwill last spring for just $9.99 was auctioned off. It fetched over $27,000.