Special number plate 13 is among 100 plates to go under the hammer during Saturday’s licence plate auction, an Emirates Auction representative told Gulf News.
Plate numbers 10, 11 and 12 have already been sold so 13 is the only one left among the lowest two digit numbers, said Abdullah Mattar Al Mannaei, managing director, Emirates [...]

Bonhams broke three world records at its inaugural Middle East art auction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The auction achieved total sales of over US$13 million – almost three times the expected result, with a phenomenal 94% of lots sold.
The auction witnessed the first Middle East artist to achieve an auction sale of over [...]

An antique pearl necklace given to Egyptian music icon Umm Kulthoum by the former ruler of the United Arab Emirates is due to go up for auction in April, Christie’s said.
Umm Kulthoum, who died in 1975, received the gift from Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who served as the UAE’s president from 1971 until [...]

The Dream a work of art by Nasser Ovissi, an Iranian painter and artist, will be auctioned in Dubai by Bonhams.
Born in 1934, Nasser Ovissi is known for his neo-traditionalist painting which draw key visual elements from ancient Persian miniature painting.
His works can be seen in both private and public collections across Europe, Asia [...]