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A President’s name adds value to the already precious in the case of this Ferrari, bought new in 2007 by Donald Trump. Is it worth $1 million.
On a typewriter in a journalist’s house with Marvin Gaye blaring at him through speakers, Bob Dylan wrote his most successful song. Those early lyric sheets have just been sold. e
A lock of hair that may have been cut from Lord Nelson’s head as he lay dying is being sold by a British collectibles company. Nelson’s reported last words – […]
South Africa was on the brink of war as this coin was struck. That led to a mistake, and that led to the most valuable coin in South African history.
A pair of glasses and a tracksuit each sold for 10-times their estimate as the sale of the 800-item personal collection of TV comic Eric Morecambe realised over £500,000 at […]
Black Cat might be coming to our screens later this year. She’s an iconic Marvel Villain and her first battle with Spider-Man has just set quite a benchmark for comic-art sales.
His name is the first on your lips when you think of violins. Now, an instrument by the great 17th to 18th century Italian maker Stradivarius will sell for well over £10 million.
The man who printed this extremely rare Declaration of Independence probably wanted the American Revolution to fail. His work is now worth millions of dollars because it succeeded.
The Buffalo Pan-American Exposition saw the killing of a president. The fair is also famous among stamp collectors for inspiring one of the most well-known among US stamp errors.
One night in December 1980 a fan took a picture of John Lennon. He captured the musician signing an autograph for his murderer.
The works can look simple and even childlike, but the best outsider art can demand big prices as this January sale proves.
Historic mementos don’t come much more concrete than this, the bench where Lionel Messi changed and the locker he put his gear in on the way to the greatest career in world football history.
Showing one of the key figures in the Star Wars story with features that were later ditched, this model is super-desirable to collectors.
A landmark guitar and a trademark shirt from two great American artists are the lead items in a sale built around the Spencer Davis collection.
The 1904 Olympics was a very American affair. A US athlete won this medal that you can buy now – if you have $170,000 odd to spare.
