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Spain’s culture ministry said Wednesday it had purchased one of celebrated poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s manuscripts for more than 30,000 euros through a Sotheby’s auction in London.Read full story

The missing bottom half of an ornate 17th century wooden cabinet was spotted by the head of Sotheby’s auctioneers outside a pizzeria washroom in York, England. Read full story

A medal created for George Washington, and given to Marquis de Lafayette, is for sale at Sotheby’s.Read full story

A set of 14 gunpowder paintings by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang sold for $9.5 million at an auction in Hong Kong, breaking records for the artist and for Chinese contemporary art, Christie’s auction house said Monday.Read full story

London’s auction houses hope to smash new records this week as a treasure trove of Russian art goes under the hammer here starting Monday.Read full story