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Julien’s Auctions is selling the lifetime collection of celebrated NASCAR racer Richard Petty in a May 12 sale, valued at $400,000-600,000. Known in the game as The King, Petty began […]
A 150 year old bottle of whisky discovered in the wall cavity of a 19th century house in Toronto is being offered for auction by the Canada-based Prins Beverage Group […]
Texan blues master Stevie Ray Vaughan’s first guitar looks set to be one of the highlights of the auction calendar this year. The 1951 Fender No-caster will appear in Heritage […]
A guitar the Who’s Pete Townshend smashed to bits in a 1967 concert at the Long Island Arena in New York is to cross the block at Heritage Auctions. The […]
A 1,000 year old silk Sogdian samite shirt is set to be one of the most extraordinary auction lots of the year. The piece (produced in the 7th to 9th […]
Los Angeles’ California Science Center will be the first venue to host the largest ever travelling exhibition of artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun. The show, titled King Tut: Treasures […]
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s A La Warhol was the sleeper hit of Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary African Art Sale on March 28. The lot sold for £200,000 ($281,266) at the London […]
An archive of documents connected with the 1976 Entebbe raid is set to cross the block in an online sale at University Archives on April 10 with an estimate of […]
Sotheby’s is to sell an exceptional Fang Mvai reliquary statue, one of the most extraordinary pieces of African art ever consigned to auction. The piece is valued at $3.5m-5m ahead […]
The red jacket worn by Jack Nicholson in his groundbreaking role as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980) has auctioned in Italy. It sold for $23,567 in a major sale […]
The last survivor of the “Naked Trump” statues placed in a series of American cities in August 2016 is to sell this year. It will be the headline lot of […]
A 1965 Jaguar Series 1 E-Type discovered rusting at a home in Yorkshire, UK realised £41,625 ($58,774) at H&H Classics on March 21. The car was in a spectacular state […]
Norfolk’s Houghton Hall, one of Britain’s finest stately homes, is hosting a major exhibition of work by acclaimed artist Damien Hirst. Titled Colour Space Paintings and Outdoor Sculptures, the show […]
