Author: Colin Ricketts
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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.
Scrooge McDuck loved his money, but how much will someone pay for a picture of him on his lake of cash made by the man who created the character.
It’s a hard read, but one of the most important works of literature and to book collectors. Find out why this copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses carries a $150,000 price tag.
A very beautiful, and very fast car, will set race lovers’ hearts beating this February as a Streamliner 1955 Mercedes sets the 2025 car auction season off to a racing start.
Can you believe it’s possible to own a coin from over 1,100 years ago? This Alfred the Great silver penny is a trailblazer and an extraordinary survivor in this condition.
A commonplace pair of shoe buckles can be worth thousands of pounds when they’ve been on the right footwear, in this case the shoes of Admiral Lord Nelson.