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Technology WSJ News Exclusive | NFT Artist Beeple to Auction a Real-Life Sculpture for About $15 Million at… Kevin Colleran Oct 29, 2021 The artist known as Beeple launched the art world’s craze for nonfungible tokens by selling one of his digital… Read More...
Education To Sell Picassos, Las Vegas Turns to Sotheby’s, Jay Leno and a DJ Nick J Adam Oct 22, 2021 On Saturday, in a ballroom of the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Sotheby’s plans to auction off 11 works by the Spanish… Read More...
LifeStyle Al Capone’s Last Haul: The Gangster’s Family Auctions His Mementos Taner Halicioglu Aug 25, 2021 Call it Al Capone’s final haul. A trove of family mementos, jewelry and weapons that were once owned by the… Read More...
LifeStyle WSJ News Exclusive | Sotheby’s to Auction 11 Picasso Paintings With Links to Steve Wynn at the… Taner Halicioglu Aug 11, 2021 LAS VEGAS— MGM Resorts International has enlisted Sotheby’s to come to Las Vegas to auction off a cache of… Read More...
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Technology Internet’s Original Source Code Sold as NFT for $5.4 Million Kevin Colleran Jul 1, 2021 The original files of the source code for the World Wide Web were sold Wednesday as a nonfungible… Read More...