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FOR SALE BY OWNER

Family’s bathroom mirror, once owned by Marie Antoinette, expected to fetch thousands at auction

3 months ago
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most surprised of all?

A family is expected to earn thousands from the sale of an antique mirror passed between generations, after learning that the looking glass once belonged to Marie Antoinette.

A family is expected to earn thousands from the sale of an antique mirror passed between generations.

A family is expected to earn thousands from the sale of an antique mirror passed between generations.
(SWNS)

A member of the unnamed family had kept the small mirror on the bathroom wall of near their own toilet “throne” for nearly 40 years after inheriting the item from their grandmother, South West News Service (SWNS) reports.

BUILDER UNCOVERS 30-YEAR-OLD SECRET HIDDEN BEHIND HOUSE’S WALLS DURING RENOVATION

A portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Vigée-Le Brun, dated 1783.

A portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Vigée-Le Brun, dated 1783.
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The mirror measures about 19 inches by 15 inches, is mounted in a walnut frame with leaves and flowers, and is adorned with a plaque that reads, “This

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CONDO

Baselitz, Condo Fetch $34MM USD in Phillips Sale

3 months ago
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Coinciding with London’s Frieze week, Phillips recently presented its contemporary art evening sale event at its U.K. headquarters. A total of 36 lots fetched a total of £26.3 million ($34.1 million USD) with buyer’s premium included.

One of the top lots included in the sale were by blue-chip artists including Georg Baselitz’s landmark Das letzte Selbstbidnis I (1982) portraying the artist’s signature upside-down figure which hammered at £4.1 million GBP, achieving roudhly $5 million USD — the third highest price for the artist in record. The iconic work came from the collection of the Paris-based contemporary art patron Marcel Brient.

Other top lots include Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (Pestus) 1982, a work on paper which sold for £2.2 million GBP ($2.9 million USD). George Condo’s The Age of Reason 2010 painting hammered £2,261,000 GBP (approx. $2,931,613 USD). Moreover, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon & Morons Sepia 2007 work achieved £1,232,500 GBP (approx.

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CONDOS FOR SALE

Trump Condos Fetch a 10% Premium Over Similar Luxury Units, Down From 34% in 2016

3 months ago
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SEATTLE, Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — (NASDAQ: RDFN) —The typical “Trump” branded condo sold for a median of $720,000 this year—9.7% more than a comparable luxury condo, according to an analysis from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That’s down from a 22% price premium Trump-branded condos fetched in 2019, and a 33.5% premium in 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president. The price premium of Trump-branded condos has declined every year that Trump has been in office.

The Redfin analysis focused on Trump-branded and comparable luxury condos in 10 U.S. cities, with the exception of New York City, where multiple listing service data on sales of Trump properties was incomplete. The research compared the properties by sale price, price per square foot and time spent on market, with results controlled for features such as location, size, views and number of bedrooms and bathrooms. The

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