#christie’s auction

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Chris Foss, Leviathan, late 1976. Preproduction design for Alien, dir. Ridley Scott (1979). Original drawing in pencil, with brown ink surrounding the ship, on tracing paper, 455 x 950 mm.

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Charlie Happy Christmas from Mick

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From Rare ‘Arabic Dials’ to Bespoke Patek Philippe at Watches Online: The Dubai Edit

Very rare ‘Arabic dials’ to custom Patek Philippe, read about the unique timepieces going under the hammer at Watches Online: The Dubai Edit here: https://www.gmt-india.in/post/a-glimpse-of-the-unique-timepieces-going-under-the-hammer-at-the-watches-online-the-dubai-edit

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19 Magazine, September 1978.

Photographed by Mike Berkofsky.

Model: Jemma.

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First French Empire era travel mirror. Monogram of Caroline Bonaparte.

(Christie’s)

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Psychedelic minidress by The Fool, 1967

Part of the upcoming Christie's auction of the Collection of Pattie Boyd

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Money and privilege isn’t enough to protect women and girls from sexual abuse. Content Warning: descriptions for child sexual abuse

High-fashion brand Gucci is owned by Balenciaga's parent company, Kering, and heiress Alexandra Gucci Zarini came forward in 2020 to allege she was sexually abused by her stepfather for many years—and the Gucci family intentionally covered for him instead of protecting her. 

Balenciaga's name has been dragged through the mud for the last few weeks after the high-fashion brand released a campaign featuring young girls holding bondage teddy bears and standing on top of court documents from a Supreme Court case about child pornography. Ever since the brand was forced to apologize and remove the campaign, investigative journalists and everyday social media users have been digging deeper into the roots of Balenciaga and its parent company Kering. 

Balenciaga and Its Parent Company Kering Have a History with Pedophilic Content

The S&M teddy bear photo shoot was just the tip of the iceberg. The very next campaign that Balenciaga released featured art books that glamorize pedophilia, cannibalism, and the occult. Some of the images look very similar to the kind of photo shoots that artists like Marina Abramovic, who is known for hosting "spirit cooking" events with powerful people in the fashion and political world, have done with fashion magazines in the past. And many of the paintings depict dystopian, disturbing scenarios in which adults are leading around young children in occult-like costumes with their heads and faces covered fully in hoods, naked toddlers covered in blood playing with severed human body parts, and young children standing around a rodent presumably getting ready to sacrifice it for an occult ritual. It has left many people wondering why on earth a fashion brand would willingly display these types of books in a fashion campaign.

But of course it doesn't stop there. Balenciaga's parent company Kering is associated with some extremely disturbing content too. The CEO of Kering, François-Henri Pinault (who is married to actress Salma Hayek), owns Christie's auction house, a famous auction site that sells a series of pedophilic art. Brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman created multiple child sex mannequins that are extremely disturbing and predatory. There is one piece of art in particular that is labeled F*ck Face. It's a male toddler with an erect penis in place of his nose and an anus in place of his mouth. The piece of art shows the boy walking with a large brown t-shirt on and purple sneakers. It sold for $140,000. This is just one example of many similar mannequins. 

It's important to note that Kering also owns the following luxury brands: Adidas, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Puma, Montblanc, and Gucci. And a Gucci heiress came forward a couple years ago to allege that she was sexually abused by her stepfather while the Gucci family covered it up for years. 

Gucci Heiress Alexandra Gucci Zarini Was Allegedly Sexually Abused by Her Stepfather and She Says Her Family Covered It up for Years

Alexandra Gucci Zarini, 37, came forward in 2020 to allege she was sexually abused for years at the hands of her stepfather, Joseph Ruffalo. Zarini is the granddaughter of industry titan Aldo Gucci, and she says from the ages of 6 to 22 she was sexually abused by Ruffalo—and even worse, her mother, Patricia Gucci, and her grandmother, Bruna Palombo, knew of the abuse and groomed her for Ruffalo. She alleges they allowed him to videotape her naked in the bathtub while he hit her, in addition to a slew of other physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Zarini says both women were pressured to stay quiet by Ruffalo. 

Zarini filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court in 2020, alleging that her mother would hit or try to choke her, and then Ruffalo would step in and act like her rescuer, only to abuse her in even worse ways. She said she knew the abuse was coming because she could hear the ice clinking in his glass of scotch, which meant he was headed to her bedroom. He allegedly also encouraged her to use cocaine and crystal meth. The lawsuit alleges that Ruffalo would get into Zarini's bed naked and digitally raped her and rubbed his genitals on her. Palombo allegedly told her "to keep quiet" and cover everything up. 

“If you think this doesn’t happen here in Beverly Hills, then you should know that my perpetrator still lives in California, spends time at the Bel-Air country club and volunteers in your children’s hospitals,” she said in a video.

“What he did to her is inexcusable and I was devastated when she disclosed everything to me at our family doctor’s office in London in September 2007. I immediately initiated divorce proceedings against Mr Ruffalo and set about healing my family through counseling," Zarini's mother Patricia Gucci said in a statement. However, she said that her allegations against her and Palombo were untrue. “I am equally devastated by the allegations against me and her grandmother, which are completely false,” she said.

These dark, disturbing allegations really make you wonder why these Kering luxury brands are associated with so much child abuse and pedophilia, whether it's pedophilic art, child sex abuse allegations, or predatory campaigns featuring minors with bondage teddy bears. At some point, you have to acknowledge that these can't all just be coincidences. What else are these brands hiding? What else is hiding beneath the surface?

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[manyworldspress]

Chris Foss, Dune Guild Tug, ca. 1975. Concept art for Alejandro Jodorowsky's movie adaptation of Dune. Montage of line drawing with ink and acrylic paint on art board, with use of airbrush and collages, 500 x 630 mm.

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Tancrede Synave (1870-1936)

Au coin de café-le soir

signed 'tancréde Synave' (lower right)

oil on canvas

51¼ x 56 1/8 in. (130.2 x 142.6 cm.)

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 1986, lot 132.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

EXHIBITED:

Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1929, no. 2170 (illustrated).

SALE ROOM NOTICE:

Please note the correct dates for the artist are 1870-1936, and the correct title for this lot is Au coin de café-le soir. The correct dimensions for this lot should read 51¼ x 56 1/8 in. (130.2 x 142.6 cm.).

Please note the additional exhibition information for this lot:

Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1929, no. 2170 (illustrated).

Price realised:

USD 40,000.

Estimate:

USD 15,000 – USD 20,000 and sold on 11 Feb 2009.

Closed:

11 Feb 2009.

[watchilove]

Christies Watches Geneva achieves CHF55 million | US$62 million

Geneva – Christie’s autumn Luxury Week totalled CHF125,367,440 | US$139,901,892 | €130,355,457 and was highlighted by the Bleu Royal which sold for CHF39,505,00 | US$44,009,645 becoming the most expensive jewel sold at auction in 2023. The bidding took 7 minutes, after which the diamond entered another private collection, for the first time after 40 years. Continue reading Untitled

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Blue Diamond Sells for more than $44 Million at Christie's Auction in Geneva

Christie’s says the largest fancy vivid blue diamond to ever come to auction has sold for more than $44 million, far outstripping the pre-sale estimate.

The largest fancy vivid blue diamond to ever come to auction sold Tuesday for more than $44 million, far outstripping the pre-sale estimate, Christie's said.

The “Bleu Royal” — a ring featuring a fancy vivid blue pear-shaped diamond of 17.61 carats — was one of the standout pieces to go under the hammer at the auction house for Geneva’s Luxury Week.

Christie’s had estimated the ring would fetch around $35 million.

The auction house said the sale made the “Bleu Royal” the most expensive jewel sold at auction this year.

Christie's said the gemstone would be handed over to another private collection for the first time in 40 years.

BLEU ROYAL EXCEPTIONAL COLOURED DIAMOND AND DIAMOND RING Fancy vivid blue pear brilliant-cut diamond of 17.61 carats, pear brilliant-cut diamond of 3.12 carats and pear modified brilliant-cut diamond of 3.07 carats, platinum and 18k rose gold.

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who wants to chip in to raise approx. $600,000 to help me buy the best painting i have ever seen in my life

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