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A rare piece of airmail that survived the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 will be offered for sale at Cowan’s Auctions this week. The charred postal cover was recovered by U.S […]
Sean Connery’s gun from the very first James Bond film Dr No is heading to auction in Beverly Hills next month at Julien’s. The company’s Icons & Idols sale on […]
A Winston Churchill painting featuring his favourite bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky has sold for almost £1 million at auction in London this week. The British WWII leader’s still life […]
The original Santa Claus and Rudolph puppets from the classic TV special Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer have sold at auction in the U.S for more than $350,000. The stop-motion […]
A Rolex Daytona watch owned by Paul Newman could rewrite the record books when it goes up for auction at Phillips next month. The historic timepiece will be offered as […]
A treasure trove of classic Hollywood movie costumes are set to hit the auction block at Profiles in History in Los Angeles this week. The company’s two-day ‘Icons & Legends’ […]
A rare letter written by the celebrated Gothic author Edgar Allan Poe has sold for more than $120,000 at auction in the U.S. The “immensely desirable” letter was written to […]
A 700-year-old Chinese scroll depicting five drunk princes on their way home from a party has sold for almost $40 million at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The two metre-long artwork, […]
A historic document which helped establish America’s first national Thanksgiving will be offered for at auction at Christie’s next week. The broadside was printed in 1777, as a recommendation to […]
A legendary T206 Honus Wagner card has sold for $3.25 million in the U.S, setting a new world record price for a vintage baseball card. Produced in 1909-1911, the card […]
The white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the James Bond film Dr No could sell for up to $500,000 when it goes up for auction next month. Andress’s first […]
An incredibly rare Ancient Roman coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar could sell for millions at auction later this month. The gold ‘Ides of March’ coin is one of […]
A gigantic T-rex skeleton named STAN has set a new world auction record, after it sold for more than $30 million at Christie’s. The 67 million year-old dinosaur sold on […]
The cuff checklist worn on the moon by Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan could sell for more than $800,000 during a sale at RR Auction this month. Cernan wore the […]
A pair of John Lennon’s iconic round ‘granny’ glasses has sold for £44,000 during a special auction of Beatles memorabilia at Sotheby’s. The glasses were originally owned by Dorothy Jarlett, […]
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