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Miami Herald
17-07-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million
By Dean Murray The largest piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3m. Meteorite NWA 16788, offered by Sotheby's New York on Wednesday, July 16, instantly set a new world record as the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction. Discovered on Nov. 16, 2023, by a meteorite hunter in Niger's remote Agadez region and weighing 54 pounds (24.67 kg), the specimen is approximately 70% larger than any other Martian fragment known today. Featuring an unmistakable Martian red hue, NWA 16788's internal composition suggests it was blasted from the surface of the Red Planet by a powerful asteroid impact-an event so intense that it turned some of the meteorite's minerals into glass. Areas of glassy fusion crust also appear on the meteorite's surface, evidence of its rapid and violent descent through Earth's atmosphere to its eventual landing place in the Sahara Desert. The post Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million appeared first on Talker. Copyright Talker News. All Rights Reserved.
Economic Times
13-07-2025
- Science
- Economic Times
Sotheby's Auction: Biggest Martian rock on Earth goes on sale. Here's how it came to Earth
Synopsis Sotheby's New York will auction a 54-pound Martian meteorite and a juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton during Geek Week 2025. The meteorite, NWA 16788, could fetch $4 million. The dinosaur skeleton, from the late Jurassic period, is expected to sell for up to $6 million. Both are part of a 122-item sale. AP Biggest Martian rock on Earth heads to auction. A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2 - 4 million, is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, part of their Geek Week auction, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) A large Martian meteorite and a juvenile dinosaur skeleton are among rare natural history items heading to auction at Sotheby's in New York during Geek Week 2025. The event includes 122 unique will auction the Martian meteorite known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday. It weighs 54 pounds (25 kilograms) and is the largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth. The estimated price is between $2 million and $4 million. The rock is 70% larger than any other Martian meteorite found before. This Martian rock came to Earth after an asteroid struck Mars. The meteorite traveled 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) before landing in the Sahara Desert. A meteorite hunter found it in Niger in November 2023, according to Sotheby' rock's size is significant. It represents almost 7% of all known Martian material on Earth. It measures about 15 by 11 by 6 inches (375 by 279 by 152 millimeters). Also Read: Virgin River Season 7: Is release date confirmed? See what to expect, cast, new characters, key storylines and season 8 update Experts removed a small piece of the meteorite and sent it to a lab for analysis. The lab confirmed the rock came from Mars. Scientists compared its chemical makeup to Martian meteorites identified during NASA's Viking mission in analysis identified the rock as an olivine-microgabbroic shergottite. This type of rock forms when Martian magma cools slowly. It includes pyroxene and olivine minerals. The surface also shows signs of melting from Earth's atmosphere, suggesting it burned during entry.A juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton will also be auctioned at Geek Week 2025. It stands over 6 feet (2 meters) tall and measures nearly 11 feet (3 meters) long. The estimate for this fossil is between $4 million and $6 dinosaur skeleton was found in 1996 near Laramie, Wyoming, at Bone Cabin Quarry. Experts used 140 fossil bones and sculpted materials to recreate the full skeleton. It is ready for display. Ceratosaurus dinosaurs were bipeds with short arms and are similar in appearance to the Tyrannosaurus rex, though smaller. This species lived around 150 million years ago. Also Read: 3I/ATLAS: Alien spacecraft speeds toward Earth at 135,000 mph, claims scientist. See if its a threat The meteorite and dinosaur are featured in a 122-item auction. Sotheby's Geek Week includes meteorites, fossils, and gem-quality minerals. The meteorite was previously displayed at the Italian Space Agency in Rome. The owner has not been named. Sotheby's says the rock likely landed on Earth in recent years, based on dinosaur skeleton was acquired by Fossilogic, a fossil mounting firm based in Utah. The auction offers collectors and researchers rare natural history items. What is the estimated price of the Martian meteorite at Sotheby's auction? The Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, is expected to sell for between $2 million and $4 million. How was the Ceratosaurus skeleton prepared for auction? Experts used 140 fossil bones and sculpted parts to mount and prepare the juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton for display.
Miami Herald
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Anyone interested in buying Ferris Bueller's vest? Anyone? Anyone?
By Dean Murray The iconic sweater vest worn by Ferris Bueller is up for auction. Fans of the 1986 classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" can bid on the garment worn in a pivotal scene. Actor Matthew Broderick donned the vest during the famous Wrigley Field sequence, where Ferris famously catches a foul ball during a Chicago Cubs game. Sotheby's New York is holding a special single-lot online sale for the item, which is expected to fetch between $300,000 and $600,000 (approximately £240,000 to £480,000). The vest comes from the personal collection of Darren Rovell, an Emmy-winning sports business reporter and renowned memorabilia collector. The auction marks the 40th anniversary of the John Hughes film. Ralph DeLuca, Sotheby's Vice Chairman, Popular Culture, said: "As we look back on Ferris Bueller's unforgettable adventure 40 years later, the legacy of this iconic film-and the sweater vest that helped define Ferris's style-remains as relevant as ever to fans and collectors around the world. "In the wise words of Ferris, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." "Those words couldn't be truer in this unprecedented opportunity to own the most iconic artifact from one of the most beloved comedies in American film history." Movie buffs and collectors can view the vest in person at Sotheby's New York galleries from 5 to 24 June, with online bidding open now. The post Anyone interested in buying Ferris Bueller's vest? Anyone? Anyone? appeared first on Talker. Copyright Talker News. All Rights Reserved.
The Guardian
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Pop goes the budget: Roy Lichtenstein works expected to raise £26m at auction
Forty works from the private collection of Roy Lichtenstein, one of the world's best-known pop artists, will go on sale for the first time at auction next month. The works, comprising paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints, chart four decades of Lichtenstein's career. They include his shift from abstract expressionism to pop art in the 1960s, his exploration of modern art in the 70s, his Reflections series of the 80s, and his interiors and nudes from the 90s. The collection is expected to make more than $35m (£26m) when it is auctioned by Sotheby's in New York next month. Several of the works come from Lichtenstein and his wife Dorothy's home in Southampton, New York, where the artist created some of his most significant works. Recent photos taken by Sotheby's offer a rare look inside the light-filled studio that formed part of the residence, which was only accessible to the artist's closest circle during his lifetime and was rarely photographed. David Galperin, the head of contemporary art at Sotheby's New York, said the works 'provide a front-row seat to Lichtenstein's incomparable genius. Together, the group is a survey of the artist's reflections of art history over four decades of practice.' Lichtenstein was born in New York City in 1923 and took classes at the highly regarded Art Students League of New York in his teens. He was drafted into the US army in 1943 where he served as a draughtsman and artist. He later completed his fine arts degree at Ohio State University, where he also taught art. In 1951, Lichtenstein held his first solo show in New York. He found fame in the early 1960s with his large-scale reworkings of comic-book illustrations, including a series of 'girl paintings' depicting stereotypical 'damsels in distress'. His range expanded to include sculpture and ceramics, and he became an icon of the pop art movement alongside the likes of Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist. Sign up to Art Weekly Your weekly art world round-up, sketching out all the biggest stories, scandals and exhibitions after newsletter promotion Not everyone was a fan, however. An infamous 1964 Life magazine headline asked of Lichtenstein: 'Is he the worst artist in the US?' Others criticised the lack of credit he gave to the comics artists who inspired him. In 1968, Lichtenstein married Dorothy Herzka, a director of the Paul Bianchini Gallery in Manhattan. She became a philanthropist and, after her husband's death, the president of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. She died last year. Speaking about his father's work, Mitchell Lichtenstein said: 'What I most appreciate is the sense of humour embedded in all of it. It's a wry humour that was part of who he was every day. 'To my father, art was all about composition. When asked for comment about his subject matter, he often said: 'It's just marks on a page.'' The works coming to auction include Reflections: Art (1988), part of a series that ironically looks back on the artist's earlier works by making them look like stylised mirrors; Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight (1996), a flat sculpture showing a woman's profile; and a 1968 drawing of a smoking gun made for the cover of Time magazine, when the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F Kennedy had sparked a fierce debate about gun control.
