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This undated image, provided by the Lenbachhaus Museum in Munich, Germany, shows the 1907 painting 'Das bunte Leben' (The Colorful Life) by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. (Lenbachhaus Museum via AP)
October 16, 2026, 3:00 pm
Kandinsky painting, restituted to Jewish family after Nazi looting, sells for over $42 million
‘The Colorful Life’ exceeds upper limit of estimated price by almost $10 million after six-minute bidding war, becoming highest-valued lot of the night, Christie’s says
By ToI Staff
An Enigma M4 rotor key machine used for encrypted communication during World War II, ahead of its auction exhibited at the Christie's auction house in Paris, France, on November 13, 2025. (BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 10:20 pm
Rare Nazi Enigma machine auctioned off for almost half a million euros
Machine’s code was famously decoded by Alan Turing and his team, contributing to allied war effort; German Admiral Karl Doenitz ordered sophisticated M4 model in 1941
By AFP
Works of art by Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele on display at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, September 20, 2023, during a ceremony returning the pieces to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum. (AP/Bobby Caina Calvan)
March 9, 2024, 10:11 am
21 more countries agree to updated guidelines on restituting Nazi-looted art
WJRO and Claims Conference say 24 nations made minimal to no progress on issue, adding that it’s more difficult when it comes to pieces in private hands rather than public collections
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Great Hall at the Château de Ferrières. Watercolor by Eugène Lami. From the Rothschild collection. (Courtesy of Christie's Images)
September 29, 2023, 3:11 am
Treasures of the French Rothschild family’s collection to hit the auction block
Exquisite fine and decorative art objects dating back centuries — and even millennia — will be up for sale in live and online sales at Christie’s in New York on October 3 to 17
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Christie's international head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia presents an item from the collection of Heidi Horten ahead of auction in Geneva, Switzerland, May 8, 2023. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
September 1, 2023, 2:45 am
Christie’s cancels second auction of jewelry linked to Nazi plunder
Announcement follows campaign by Jewish groups in response to auction house’s sale of jewelry belonging to the late heiress to the fortune of a former Nazi Party member
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Christie's international head of jewelry, Rahul Kadakia, speaks on his mobile telephone behind a display case of jewels during a press preview of the 'World of Heidi Horten' sales in Geneva, on May 8, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
July 2, 2023, 10:08 pm
Tel Aviv museum cancels event with Christie’s after auction of Nazi-linked jewelry
Tel Aviv Museum of Art faced criticism for collaboration with auction house after sale of collection belonging to a family that became rich by dispossessing Jews during Holocaust
By Asaf Shalev
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art will join nationwide protests against the judicial overhaul, by darkening its galleries on March 23, 2023 (Courtesy Amit Garon)
June 29, 2023, 7:33 am
Tel Aviv Museum of art facing pressure over links to auction of Nazi-looted works
Christie’s executive also on museum fundraising board under fire for conference that critics say will give war profiteers a platform; Claims Conference refuses donation offer
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
This photograph taken on May 8, 2023 shows jewelry by Bulgari in display cases during a press preview of the 'World of Heidi Horten' sales by Christie's auction house in Geneva. (Fabrice CoffriniI/AFP)
May 16, 2023, 3:06 am
Jewelry marred by links to Nazis fetches over $200 million at Christie’s auction
Auction house finishes round of sales from so-called Horten collection after rebuffing calls by Jewish groups to suspend it
By AFP
Christie's international head of jewelry, Rahul Kadakia, speaks on his mobile telephone behind a display case of jewels during a press preview of the 'World of Heidi Horten' sales in Geneva, on May 8, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
May 15, 2023, 2:27 pm
Holocaust survivors want Tel Aviv to pull out of Christie’s looted art conference
Request comes after auction house ignored Jewish groups’ pleas to drop sale of jewelry belonging to widow of man who bought Jewish businesses sold under duress in 1930s
By Canaan Lidor
The 'Briolette of India' necklace featuring a 90-carat diamond on sale as part of Heidi Horten's collection. (Christie's)
May 11, 2023, 6:48 am
Jewelry pieces marred by Nazi links fall short of target price at Christie’s auction
Ruby ring, 90-carat diamond necklace fetch less than expected at sale criticized by Jewish groups due to previous owner’s ties to Jewish dispossession under Nazis
By Jamey Keaten
The 'Briolette of India' necklace featuring a 90-carat diamond on sale as part of Heidi Horten's collection. (Christie's)
April 30, 2023, 10:42 am
Expectation for largest-ever jewelry sale marred by owner’s enrichment via Nazi laws
Research finds that under threat of being sent to concentration camps, Jewish businesspeople sold companies to Heidi Horten’s husband in 1930s below market value
By ToI Staff
Fritz Grünbaum, left, was an Austrian Jewish cabaret performer and art collector. Egon Schiele's 'Woman in a Black Pinafore' is shown right. (Courtesy of CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2022 and Getty Images via JTA)
October 27, 2022, 10:29 pm
2 Nazi-looted paintings, returned to heirs of owner, to be auctioned for charity
Works by artist Egon Schiele, seized from Jewish cabaret artist Fritz Grunbaum during the Holocaust, are expected to fetch $2.8 million
By Jackie Hajdenberg
LS Lowry's 1960 painting of the Merthyr-Tydfil synagogue
March 29, 2022, 8:23 am
Lowry painting of historic Welsh synagogue goes for £277,000
Guide price for work of LS Lowry of Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue was £180,000; Jewish Heritage Foundation hopes to contact purchaser about plans for building
By ToI Staff and JTA
A gallery in 'Fields of Abstraction,' currently exhibited in the Israel Museum through October 2022 (Courtesy Eli Posner/Israel Museum)
March 26, 2022, 6:24 am
Big hit: Praised Israel Museum abstract art show unleashes once-hidden huge works
Fields of Abstraction boasts massive post-war pieces; many not previously shown, drawn from Jerusalem institution’s collection
By Jessica Steinberg
In this October 24, 2017, photo, an employee poses with Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" on display at Christie's auction rooms in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
November 14, 2021, 10:13 am
Sold for $450m to Saudi prince, ‘Salvator Mundi’ deemed not painted by Leonardo
Downgrade by curators at Museo Nacional del Prado comes after years of questions over attribution of Jesus painting, the most expensive ever sold at auction
By ToI Staff
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