Author: Dan Wade
Contact the author of these articles at dan@justcollecting.com
Contact the author of these articles at dan@justcollecting.com
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 […]