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Christie's first AI art auction provokes fierce debate – and it's hard to pick a side

Artists are protesting, but have they chosen the wrong fight?

Creative Bloq

‘Mass theft’: Thousands of artists call for AI art auction to be cancelled

Letter says many of works being sold by Christie’s are made by AI models trained on pieces by human artists, without a licence

The Guardian - UK

Two Jeff Beck guitars sell for £1m each as musician’s collection raises £8.7m

A 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul and a white Fender Stratocaster, known as Anoushka, both went for a million or more.

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“Testament to the legacy of a genius”: Jeff Beck's guitar collection has sold for an astounding $10.7 million at auction – complete with a record-breaking Les Paul sale

The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars – including his ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul and ‘Anoushka’ Strat – go under the hammer

Guitar World

“The McLaughlin Strat was stolen after Beck absentmindedly left it in an open-top hot rod”: The highlights of the Jeff Beck guitar auction – from the story of Seymour Duncan’s Tele-Gib hybrid to his legendary Oxblood Gibson Les Paul

Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the guitar hero’s entire career – from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp

Guitar World

Einstein love letters pit billionaire against top auction house in high-stakes feud

Exclusive: The wealthy banking heir and Encyclopedia Britannica owner blames the auction house for sloppily offloading his collection in what he dubs a “fire sale.”

The Independent UK

“Tina Turner signed it with a flick knife after he recorded for her in London. Then they all went out to dinner”: What the auction of Jeff Beck’s best-loved electrics tells us about the late guitar icon

We join the experts from Christie’s auction house to take a closer look at the ‘Oxblood’ Les Paul, ‘Tele-Gib’ and other historic instruments from Jeff’s career – and discuss the portrait they paint of apragmatic, restless yet peerlessly gifted talent and his musical legacy

Guitar World

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Iconic Rock Guitars Of Jeff Beck On Display In London

Iconic guitars from Jeff Beck's collection, including a 1954 Gibson Les Paul, up for auction at Christie's in London.

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Guitars that bear ‘scars’ of Jeff Beck’s playing exhibited for auction

Auction house Christie’s is putting more than 130 guitars, which the guitarist played during his almost six-decades-long career, on sale this month.

Evening Standard

Christie's Is Auctioning Off Iris Apfel's Maximalist Wardrobe, Including Her Iconic Glasses

The online auction features the icon's vast personal collection of fashion and accessories along with art and furniture from her homes.

Fashion Times

'Splitting the G' is sickening, let's leave it in 2024 — this week's barometer

What’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

Evening Standard

The Housetrap review – Agatha Christie meets Lady Fanny Button in immersive mystery

Staged in Ghosts’ Button House, this interactive whodunnit has a lot of fun with detective-story tropes, quick-change characters and a clever solution

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon’s damning view on touring with The Beatles revealed in letter to Eric Clapton

Musician made no secret of how he felt as he wrote to Clapton with an idea for a ‘supergroup’

The Independent UK

Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture worth £3.5 million at risk of leaving UK

The wooden painted sculpture, made in the 1940s, has been exhibited at the Tate galleries.

Evening Standard

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Magritte painting sets surreal auction record selling for nearly €15m

A painting by Rene Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121 million (€114 million) at Christie's in New York.

Louder

“These guitars were his great love. They need to be shared, played and loved again.” Jeff Beck's guitar collection to be auctioned next year

Christie's will be accepting bids for 90 guitars owned and played by late guitar legend Jeff Beck, plus his amps and ‘tools of the trade’

MusicRadar

“I hope the future guitarists who acquire these items are able to move closer to the genius who played them”: Over 130 of Jeff Beck’s guitars and amps headed to auction, including his Tele-Gib, Yardburst Les Paul and 'Blow By Blow' Oxblood Les Paul

The Jeff Beck Collection goes under the hammer on 22 January 2025 at Christie's in London

Evening Standard

Jeff Beck guitars used in Bowie performance and with The Yardbirds up for sale

Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection, will feature more than 130 of his instruments, and see his recognisable 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul go on sale.

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Jeff Beck's Guitar Collection Up For Auction At Christie's

Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck's iconic collection of guitars, including a 1954 Gibson Les Paul, up for auction at Christie's. Don't miss this opportunity t...

The Independent UK

Jeff Beck was one of rock's greatest guitarists. Now his instruments are up for auction

Instruments owned by the late Jeff Beck, one of rock's greatest guitarists, are going up for auction

International Business Times

Aga Khan Emerald Fetches Record $9 Mn In Geneva Auction

A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly nine million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive green stone.

Evening Standard

Going, going... how London's auction houses are taking a hammering

Post-Brexit regulations, the rise of Paris and global issues from wars to the US election have all taken their toll

Fortune

Can AI create art? A Sotheby's auction tests the question

The auction house will sell a painting created by a humanoid robot.

Evening Standard

Inside Frieze 2024 with Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Raducanu: the style rules of the super-rich art set

Birkin bags! Cartier bangles! It must be Frieze

International Business Times

Lucian Freud 'Masterpiece' Fetches GBP13.9 Million At London Sale

A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for GBP13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.

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