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A Victoria cross won by Mayo-born soldier Edmond Jennings at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857 has sold for £55,000 in London. Jennings (sometimes recorded as Edward) was a 42-year-old […]
Colin Firth, as Mr Darcy, wore this shirt as he dripped from a lake and into a TV nation’s hearts. Yesterday, March 5, it sold for £25,000 at auction, well […]
The stand-out sale in an auction of the contents of one of Elton John’s homes was a car. The Bentley Continental realised $441,000 (£350,000), around 18-times the low-estimate before the […]
Anglo-Saxon coins that may have been ditched by a fighter at the Battle of Hastings have sold at auction for £325,000 – nearly twice their estimate. The 122 coins were […]
The ball used at kick-off in the UEFA Champions League between Liverpool and Real Madrid is being auctioned carrying a top estimate of £30,000. The ball, an Adidas, was used […]
A Victoria Cross and a Distinguished Service Order awarded to a Royal Navy officer killed in action in 1915 are being auctioned and could realise more than £200,000. Lieutenant-Commander Edgar […]
Beatle wife Pattie Boyd is selling personal items at auction next month. The collection includes letters illuminating the most famous love triangle in rock history as Eric Clapton tried to […]
Art for European comics including Tintin and Asterix currently tops the bidding in a major sale of original comic book and book art. The sale, which is open for online […]
A Hermes bag has topped the returns chart at a major Sotheby’s luxury sale in Hong Kong. The limited edition bag, made in 2022, realised around £142,000 (HK$1,397,000) at the […]
Stamp buyers will focus on New York next week as a block of rare “f-grill” stamps is sold at auction. The February 27 – 29 sale of United States stamps […]
Twelve medals worn by one of Britain’s most heroic World War II officers have realised £100,000 at auction in London. The medals were the property of Sir Mark Henniker (known […]
A Star Wars script abandoned by Harrison Ford in a London rental has sold for nearly £11,000. Ford was staying in Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill while filming the first Star […]
White Album number 0000006, John Lennon’s first copy of 1968 eponymous The Beatles album, is up for auction this month. The starting price at the online auction, which closes on […]
A hoard of silver pennies from 1066 could net their finders nearly £200,000 at auction. The coins were found in Braintree, Essex, and may have been buried for safe keeping […]
A copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, could realise millions of dollars when it is sold at auction at the beginning of April. The sellers, Heritage […]
