The sale of over 400 pieces of jewelry once owned by late art collector Heidi Horten broke records at a series of auctions earlier this year. But amid ongoing criticism from Jewish advocacy groups and ...

Bowing to months of international pressure, Christie’s said it will not continue the sale of jewels from the estate of Heidi Horten, whose wealth was rooted in Nazi profiteering by her late husband.

The estate of Austrian art collector Heidi Horten, who inherited her fortune from her husband, German department store magnate Helmut Horten, is being cleared out, with its contents being put up for ...

(The Hill) – Christie’s announced Friday that it is canceling an upcoming auction of a late Austrian billionaire’s jewels after “intense scrutiny” over ties to Nazi Germany. Heidi Horten’s jewel ...

Christie’s announced today that it will not move forward with the November edition of the World of Heidi Horten jewelry sale, acknowledging in a statement that the initial in-person and online ...

(JTA) – Christie’s has announced that it will not follow through with plans to hold a second auction of jewelry from an estate that was partially built on Nazi plunder. The announcement on Thursday ...

The decision follows a backlash from Jewish organizations after the auction house generated $202 million in a spring sale from the jewelry collection of Heidi Horten. By Zachary Small Christie’s ...

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