Tag: Christie's auction house

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 03:41 UTC

  Despite Egyptian protests, a quartzite head of Tutankhamun auctioned in London

  

  A 3,000-year-old quartzite head of Egyptian “Boy King” Tutankhamun was auctioned off for US$6 million Thursday in London despite a fierce outcry from Cairo. Christie's auction house sold the 28.5-centimetre relic for £4,746,250 (US$5,970,000) at one of its most controversial auctions in years.