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Paintings by US president Jimmy Carter go to auction

Paintings by the late US president Jimmy Carter, along with personal effects from his family, will be auctioned at Christie's in New York this month as part of a sale titled "We the People: America at 250," marking the country's semiquincentennial. The works were selected by his daughter Amy Carter and include scenes of a Georgia church, a still-life with a pomegranate, a waterfall, and a historical painting titled "The Hornet's Nest" (2003), with estimates ranging from $2,000 to $12,000. Also offered are a portrait of Carter by Don Powers, scarves with a peanut print, ties, a Stetson hat, a coffee table made by Carter, and a copy of Chairman Mao's quotations.

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Collector Ken Griffin spends $18.1m on historic US documents signed by Abraham Lincoln

Billionaire hedge fund founder Ken Griffin purchased two rare historic documents signed by President Abraham Lincoln for a total of $18.1 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York on June 26. The lots included a congressional copy of the Thirteenth Amendment (abolishing slavery in 1865) for $13.7 million and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) for $4.4 million. Only 15 known versions of the Thirteenth Amendment signed by Lincoln exist, with just four in private hands. Griffin, a top Republican donor and prolific collector, previously bought a first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution for a record $43.2 million in 2021.

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