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Capone, notorious gang boss, and luxury watch owner. Al obviously cared for this time piece and had it personally altered more than once. Find out how much it’s selling for here.
The mystery and tragedy of Marie Antoinette adds value to even this spectacular jewel. How much will it make at auction next month in New York?
He’s still debated to this day, and a Napoleon collection selling next month in Paris is said to be one of the most important ever assembled.
Michael Schumacher drove this car to victory and a championship, selling it at the Monaco Grand Prix was the perfect setting. No surprise then that it set a record price.
The Traveller’s Collection could be the most significant coin sale in history. It’s started. And already records are being broken and estimates surpassed.
Any link to April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC adds value to an item. Why? That night, President Lincoln was assassinated – and he carried these gloves as he died.
Everyone wanted a piece of The Beatles, and this watch contains a tantalising link to the most valuable recording ever made. Find out how here.
Books by his great inspiration William Blake are the top-valued items in an auction of the collection of children’s book illustrator Maurice Sendak. A copy of Blake’s Songs of Innocence, […]
Bill Kock is a legendary businessman and collector. His wine cellars are being emptied and may bring in at least $15 million in a three-day sale in New York.
A 90-year-old metal detectorist has found a hoard of coins that date back to pre-Roman Britain. They’re going to be sold next week.
Rusty Schweickart thought he’d lost the special watch he was given for his role in the Apollo space progamme. Luckily for buyers, with big money, he found it in a drawer and now you could buy it.
On the first day of the world’s first universal national postal service, a single letter was sent with two of the pioneering Penny Blacks affixed to the envelope. Now, the […]
With yellow gold cases marking them out, two Rolex Daytonas made half a century apart were both in the sights of buyers this week in Geneva.
Vladimir Putin was once a KGB officer and liaison to the Stasi, so perhaps he carried one of these fascinating Cold War spy cameras. Find out how you can own your own here
Kids loved Thomas the Tank Engine in books and on TV. Models that brought the character to life are being sold at auction to support a charity for people with autism.
