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Darth Vader's lightsaber sells at auction for over $3.6 million
1+ year, 1+ week ago (320+ words) Updated on: September 5, 2025 / 11:36 AM EDT / CBS News A lightsaber Darth Vader used in the Star Wars films "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" sold at auction Thursday for more than $3.6 million. The iconic prop had been estimated…...
AI artist Refik Anadol uses massive datasets and AI to create immersive works shown around the world
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (811+ words) February 22, 2026 / 7:00 PM EST / CBS News Refik Anadol paints with what he calls "a thinking brush" The 40-year-old Turkish American is not an artist in the traditional sense; he uses a computer, massive amounts of data and artificial intelligence to create…...
3 Bob Ross paintings fetch over $600,000 at auction benefiting public television; 27 still on block
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (493+ words) Updated on: November 12, 2025 / 4:56 AM EST / CBS/AP Los Angeles — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV…...
Banksy unveils new art in London
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (234+ words) December 22, 2025 / 1:51 PM EST / CBS/AP Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work. The black and white mural, painted above a garage,…...
At age 102, a New York man is still striving for perfection, through pottery
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (296+ words) April 10, 2026 / 10:20 PM EDT / CBS News Great Neck, New York — It is remarkable that George Strausman of Great Neck, New York, is this spry at the age of 102. "I'm feeling good," Strausman told CBS News. Strausman still works four days a…...
Previously unseen Renoir painting of his son sells for over $2 million at auction
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (390+ words) November 25, 2025 / 2:06 PM EST / CBS/AFP A previously unknown work by French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir of his toddler son Jean sold for $2.08 million (1.8 million euros) at a Paris auction on Tuesday, the Drouot auction house told AFP. The oil painting…...
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artists
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (448+ words) November 20, 2025 / 8:59 PM EST / CBS/AP A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction, becoming the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep…...
Gustav Klimt portrait painting sells for record $236 million at New York auction
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (388+ words) November 18, 2025 / 10:39 PM EST / CBS/AP A Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing the ultrarich also fetched $12.1 million. Cattelan has said…...
Diamond brooch Napoleon lost while fleeing Waterloo sells for $4.4 million at auction, Sotheby's says
10+ mon, 22+ hour ago (435+ words) November 12, 2025 / 2:07 PM EST / CBS/AP A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs — about $4.4 million — at a Geneva auction on Wednesday, Sotheby's…...
Arrests made in crown jewelry heist at Paris' Louvre museum, prosecutor says
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (129+ words) Updated on: October 26, 2025 / 7:15 AM EDT / CBS/AP Multiple people were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum, a Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the brazen heist at the world's most visited…...