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Ahead of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming nuptials, Julien’s Auctions will offer an assortment of cakes from five major royal weddings. The slices, all displayed in their original boxes, […]
A four page handwritten letter from David Bowie in 1969 is valued at £6,000-8,000 ($8,156-10,875) in Omega Auctions’ two day music memorabilia sale on May 9-10. It’s addressed to the […]
Peter Paul Rubens’ “Portrait of Clara Serena, the Artist’s Daughter” looks set to sell for up to £5m ($6.8m) at Christie’s. The intimate portrait was never exhibited or sold during […]
The first electric guitar ever owned by Beatles legend George Harrison will be offered for sale in New York later this month. Harrison owned the Hofner Club 40 when he […]
An unrecorded fragment of the Quran copied onto nine leaves of an earlier Coptic bible has sold for £596,750 ($817,056) at Christie’s. The lot originates from Egypt in the 7th […]
Mark Rothko’s monumental 1954 canvas No. 7 (Dark over Light) will feature in Christie’s May 17 Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York. The piece is executed in […]
A Panini Mexico 1970 sticker album has sold for £1,550 ($2,130) on eBay. That’s a huge sum considering it’s missing six of the 288 stickers and also features some juvenile […]
Han Solo’s original blaster from Return of the Jedi is heading for sale this summer at Julien’s Auctions. The iconic prop is one of the most famous weapons in movie […]
A rare complete first edition copy of US naturalist John James Audubon’s masterpiece Birds of America is set to realise $8m-12m in a sale at Christie’s New York on May […]
Stephen Hawking’s last known autograph before his ALS rendered him unable to hold a pen is heading to auction on May 26 at Nate D Sanders. The book, titled ‘The […]
Whyte’s May 5 Eclectic Collector auction in Dublin will feature a fascinating selection of pieces, including a Winston Churchill cigar valued at $1,218-1,827. Churchill gave the cigar as a gift […]
Heritage Auctions is offering a baseball bat it claims New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth used to hit his 60th home run in 1927. It’s valued in excess of $1m […]
A 1983 Moon painting by Apollo astronaut Alan Bean is due to star in Heritage Auctions’ May 11 Space Exploration signature auction. Bidding starts at $31,250, with other works from […]
A US flag claimed to be the one flown on the right side of the limousine President John F Kennedy was riding in the day he was assassinated is set […]
The black leather loafers Michael Jackson was wearing when he first performed his iconic “moonwalk” dance onstage are selling at GWS Auctions. The historic lot is valued at around $10,000 […]
