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A £100 bank note from 1894 has been sold at auction for £38,000. The sale price far exceeded the estimate of £24,000 to £30,000. The buyer is said to be a […]
A bike given to the Pope by a champion cyclist is being auctioned online with an estimate of €30,000. The Pinarello machine was given to Pope Francis in 2021 by […]
An Omega watch made to honour the 1969 Apollo XI moon landing has sold for £22,000 at a UK auction. The very-limited-edition Omega Speedmaster was sold in North Yorkshire. Only […]
Original artwork from the Watchmen comic made $132,000 as the most valuable item in a $1 million auction of writer Neil Gaiman’s personal collection. Proceeds from the sale will help […]
C-3PO’s head, from the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (1983), has sold for $843,750 at auction in the United States. Anthony Daniels, who inhabited the robot suit throughout […]
A pocket watch given to a young magazine editor called Charles Dickens has realised £11,500 at auction. It is an early memento of one of the most extraordinary careers in […]
A London to New York in-flight menu signed by The Beatles and their party has sold for $100,000 at auction in the United States. It’s 1964. February 7th. And The […]
It doesn’t look like very much, but an 1868 one-cent stamp could become the most valuable single American stamp ever sold in June. The incredibly rare Z Grill is the […]
A rare iPhone from 2007 is up for auction and tipped to sell for over $100,000. The sealed model was a failure when launched, making it an extremely desirable buy […]
A piece of wood that saved the life of Rose DeWitt Bukater (as played by Kate Winslet) in Titanic is proving popular with bidders in a Hollywood props auction. At […]
A Peugeot 205 has sold for £227,250 at auction. It is not the standard model of the long-lasting and popular hatchback, but one of just 200 special editions and can […]
A Geneva watch auction will take a new approach in order to sell some extremely arresting vintage, luxury watches. Sotheby’s are working with a watch-focused art collective, Heist-out, to style […]
Did TV mob boss Tony Soprano die? If he did, it was in the New Jersey ice cream parlour booth that has just realised $82,600 at auction. And the buyer […]
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 […]
