Christie's

Nazi-linked jewelry auction implicates Tel Aviv art museum in controversy

Tel Aviv art museum has come under fire due to Christie's auction house's relationship with an org that got wealthy dispossessing Jews during the Holocaust.

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Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart's love-life drama revealed in letter up for auction

Written by the composer in the summer of 1782 the two-page letter shows him asking a close friend for advice following a "misunderstanding" with his soon-to-be mother-in-law.

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A model of Tutankhamen is displayed at a popular tourist area named "Khan el-Khalili" in the al-Hussein and Al-Azhar districts in old Islamic Cairo, Egypt, July 4, 2019.

Tutankhamen head fetches millions at UK auction despite Egypt's protests

"We are against our heritage and valuable items (being) sold like vegetables and fruit," said an Egyptian graphic designer protesting outside Christie's.

|ByREUTERS