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The Honus Wagner T206, a legend among baseball cards. Another big sale has been added to its extensive and record-breaking history this week, just shy of $2 million for a tiny sliver of card.
Lowry’s work today is really well known, but he was an unknown when he sold this picture for £10 and threw in another work for free. Now just one will sell for £1 million.
The tragedy of the Titanic continues to fascinate us all and drive big auction prices. This letter sets a record, and it’s obvious why.
Napoleon said he didn’t do it, but he very obviously did. Read the shameless denial by the Emperor in a letter that’s just been sold for $30,000.
Patek Philippe have added another entry to the list of most expensive watches with the sale of a £1.6-million watch in Hong Kong.
John Adams is one of the most significant of the US Founding Fathers and one of the most collectible. This seems a great price for a piece of the man himself.
A machine raced at a very high level and still going strong, this 1920s Brough motorcycle is one of the best bikes of its era and could make £350,000. Find out why here.
One of only 700 people to attend saw their choice to go to a 1991 Nirvana gig pay off this week. See how much their signed album went for at auction.
A complete set of the four Shakespeare Folios will be sold by auction in London this May with a top estimate of £4.5 million. Sotheby’s are selling the four volumes, […]
A Magritte on eBay? Sounds surreal, but a drawing sold for just over $1,500 might be worth 100 times that at auction next month.
Cheers ran for 12 seasons and has a huge fan base. Will one of them stump up over $100,000 for a piece of the set? We’ll find out next month.
A set of autographs signed as the Beatles were on the cusp of their global fame will be valuable for decades to come says a British collectibles dealer. Paul Fraser […]
This van slogged around US tour venues full of punks and metalheads, but one day Kurt Cobain drew on its side and potentially made it a work of art. How much will it sell for?
A “possibly unique”. “highly important” 1971 Patek Philippe watch is the star lot in Sotheby’s Hong Kong April show, with a top estimate of £2.3 million or $3.1 million (HK$24 […]
All Micheal Jordan jerseys are valuable but this one has seen real, hard action in 17 ties of a spectacular season. See how much it is worth here.
