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“The Scream” has set a new world record. This painting by the renowned artist Edvard Munch has become the most expensive painting in the world sold through an auction. Still it is not the most expensive one yet; let us have a look at other artworks that a...

Do you enjoy roller coasters? Many of us enjoy the buzz involved and never quite seem to "grow up" as we continue to relish that summertime visit to an amusement park, just for kicks. Doing an inverted loop and screaming with your buddies is one challenge...

Since it seemed to be a knockoff of a 17th century Rembrandt, the auction house priced the portrait at $3,100 and nothing more. For the British buyer that paid 1,500 times more than that, he surely knew what situation he put himself in. Four and a half mi...

There's no stopping a pool of British talents to clinch major theatrical badges. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more widely known as the Tonys, has long been recognising accomplishments in American theater. However, in this year...

A value of $3,100 was set by the auction house as they saw what appeared to be a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff. Purchased for 1,500 times more than that by a British buyer, he definitely knew what he was doing. Bought from an English auction house was a...

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (or as it is usually called, just the Orient Express) is something familiar to many of us through popular culture. We know this train from books, movies and other sources and we generally associate it with both luxury ...

A significant element surfacing in the art market in midst of the recession is that auctions, both at home and abroad, have started doing reasonably well at reduced price levels. Prices of Indian artworks, on average, have come down by 40-50%. Realisin...