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Arthur Conan Doyle’s original handwritten manuscript to the classic Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Dancing Men has sold for $312,500. That’s significantly lower than the $500,000 estimate. It […]
A pair of official White House flags that hung in the Oval Office during President Dwight D Eisenhower’s administration will sell at Nate D Sanders on April 26. The lot […]
A collection of doors from New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel has sold for more than $400,000 at auction, after they were saved from the scrapheap by a homeless man. The […]
A map of Cuba used by President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis has smashed expectations at RR Auction in Boston. The map had been described as “a […]
Disneyland specialist Van Eaton Galleries is to auction a selection of pieces from the personal collection of "imagineer" Rolly Crump. Crump started his career at Disney as an animator in […]
Man Ray’s iconic London Underground poster will star in Swann Auction Galleries’ May 3 Graphic Design auction in New York. The design features the iconic Underground roundel symbol alongside a […]
An ancient Chinese artifact discovered during a routine house call stunned auctioneers in the U.K this week when it sold for more than $700,000. The exceptionally rare sacred Chinese bronze […]
A Mezcala standing figure led a sale of Mezcala, Chontal and Olmec artefacts at Sotheby’s Paris on April 9. The piece dates to around 300-100 BC and is carved from […]
A remarkable scrapbook kept by the legendary magician Harry Houdini could fetch more than $30,000 when it comes up for auction later this month. The two-volume book contains hundreds of […]
An ancient Egyptian black grandiorite sacred Apis bull is heading to auction in Christie’s April 15 Antiquities sale in London. There’s no estimate available for the lot, but the rarity […]
One of the most significant guitars in rock and roll history is heading for the auction block in New York next month. Julien’s Auctions is set to offer a 1965 […]
