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The prospects of the Greek luxury housing market remain particularly positive for 2024, based on a relevant report by Sotheby's International Realty, which analyzes the picture in 83 markets internationally.

A painting of water lilies by French impressionist Claude Monet has sold for $74 million, as part of a lively fall art auction season.

"Le bassin aux nympheas" topped the projected sale price of $65 million when it went under the hammer at Christie's auction house in New York.

A $120 million Picasso, a $40 million Monet and even a $60 million Ferrari: New York's major auction houses are looking to move billions of dollars' worth of art - and a very special car - on a crisis-proof market this season.

Freddie Mercury 's prized piano that he used to compose "Bohemian Rhapsody" and other hits by Queen sold for more than $2 million on Sept. 6 as some of the late singer's massive collection of flamboyant stage costumes, fine art and original lyrics were auctioned in a sale that broke records.

From fanciful costumes and working drafts of "Bohemian Rhapsody" to ashtrays and art, hundreds of items Freddie Mercury owned go on show in Britain on Friday before being sold next month.

With prices ranging from 30,000 to 170,000 euros per week, luxury homes are being rented this summer in various regions of the country, with the average duration reaching two weeks.

These are properties of unique characteristics and beauty, which are accompanied by a corresponding level of services.

The most recent painting to make the top 10 was Claude Monet’s “Meules”, which sold at Sotheby’s auction house for $110.7 million

A jersey worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals, his last title victory, is set to be auctioned off in September for an estimated $3-5 million, Sotheby's announced Wednesday.

The iconic red Chicago Bulls jersey, with Jordan's number 23 on the back, is only the second worn by the star during his six championships to be sold at auction.

An anonymous marble bust picked up in a Paris art market has turned out to be a 200-year-old sculpture of a young Napoleon Bonaparte, Sotheby's said on July 1.

The auction house said the once-famous bust was going up for sale on July 5 in London, expected to fetch between £120,000 and £180,000 ($145,000 and $217,000).

A rare Botticelli painting depicting Jesus Christ will go up for auction on Jan. 27 at Sotheby's in New York, a year after a record $92 million was paid for a work by the Italian Renaissance master.