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Monet's 'Irises' Sold for €50 Million — a Record for French Auctions

Claude Monet's monumental painting 'Irises' sold at Sotheby's in Paris for €50 million including the buyer's premium, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction in France. The canvas, previously known only from a black-and-white photograph, had never left the Schlumberger family's mansion. Three Cézanne works were withdrawn from the sale.

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Archive of Admiral Nelson's letters, including love letters to Emma Hamilton, goes up for auction at Sotheby's

A collection of around 400 letters and documents of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, assembled by British businessman Clive Richards, is up for sale at Sotheby's with an estimate of £4–6 million. Among the lots are an erotic letter about a dream of Emma Hamilton, battle plans for Trafalgar bearing his signature, and one of only two surviving letters from Hamilton. Bidding is open until 18 November 2026.

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Pokémon card collection stored in an attic for 15 years sold at auction for £1.56 million

A pensioner from Woking (Surrey) sold at Ewbank's auction house a collection of 42 Pokémon card sets for £1.56 million ($2.09 million) — according to the auction house, the most expensive sale of collectible cards in UK history and a possible European record. The man bought the sets in the late 1990s–2000s and kept them in the attic, unaware of their value.

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AUGA put 99.9% state stake in Namangan Agro Logistics up for auction

Uzbekistan's Agency for State Asset Management has put 99.9% of Namangan Agro Logistics shares up for auction on E-auksion. The starting price of the lot is 111.69 billion soums, with the auction scheduled for October 19. The enterprise is loss-making: over the first nine months of 2025 it recorded a loss of about 7.38 billion soums.

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The State Has Put Up a 49.07% Stake in the Uzbek-Chinese UzXCMG Plant for Auction

The state's 49.07% stake in the charter fund of the UzXCMG joint venture in Urgench has been listed on the E-auksion electronic auction. The starting price is 140.53 billion soums, with bidding scheduled for October 19. The buyer will receive the asset with all of the enterprise's obligations taken into account; installment plans of up to seven years and a 25% discount for full payment are provided.

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