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A 2003 Ferrari Enzo led Gooding & Co’s Amelia Island auction on March 9, selling for $2.3m. The car is among the most sought after models put out by the […]
The Unicorn – the only known white gold manual-winding Rolex Daytona wristwatch – will auction at Phillips in Geneva. The ref 6265 will highlight the auctioneer’s May 12 sale dedicated […]
The Golden Sahara II, one of the most spectacular custom cars of all time, is heading to auction at Mecum in Indianapolis on May 15-19 without reserve. The original Golden […]
Ever dreamt of opening Andy Warhol’s door? What about Humphrey Bogart’s? Or even Jim Morrison’s? Fifty-five doors from New York’s landmark Chelsea Hotel, salvaged by a homeless man, will auction […]
A carved Tobacco God figure from Australasia was among the star performers of Sotheby’s Aboriginal Art auction in London today (March 14). The delicately carved piece, which comes from the […]
The red jacket Jack Nicholson wore as menacing bad dad Jack Torrance in The Shining is primed to make upwards of $12,000 in an auction of Stanley Kubrick memorabilia. All […]
A 1950 letter from civil rights activist and black community leader Malcolm X will headline a sale of printed and manuscript African Americana. The auction will take place at Swann […]
Christie’s will host a fascinating single owner collection of unique Mezcala, Chontal and Olmec artefacts in a Paris auction on April 9. Titled Quantum of History: the Prigogine Collection, the […]
American athlete Jesse Owens’ Congressional Medal of Freedom is offered with an opening bid of $55,000 at SCP Auctions’ online sale on March 23. Owens received the honour from US […]
A racing suit worn by the great Brazilian F1 driver Ayrton Senna during his 1987 season with Lotus will star in RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction on May 12. A special […]
A full size working replica of the X-34 Landspeeder from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) is up for sale at GWS Auctions in LA on March 24. […]
Phillips’ March 8 20th Century Contemporary Art auction in London saw total sales of £97.8m ($135.2m), a record for the auction house. Contributing almost half that sum was Picasso’s La […]
A 1923 Leica 0-Series rangefinder camera has realised $3.8m at Westlicht Photographica Auction’s March 10 sale. That makes it the most valuable camera ever sold, exceeding the previous record of […]
An extraordinary collection of Beatles photographs taken by teenager Mike Mitchell in 1964 are heading to auction again. The lot, set to cross the block at Beatles specialist Omega Auctions […]
A violin gifted to Albert Einstein on his arrival in the US in 1933 has sold for $516,000 at Bonhams. That’s more than three times its $150,000 estimate, a figure […]
