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It didn’t take long. In fact, the flame hadn’t even been lit before the first Paris torch was up for sale. See how much it made.
It was a movie banned for decades in the UK and abandoned on its release. A second life as a cult hit has made 1932’s Freaks a super hit with collectors as this valuable poster sale confirms.
How would you like to own the first computer to sit on Steve Jobs’ desk at Apple? The pioneering computer is the top item in a major sale from the collection of late Microsoft founder Paul G Allen.
Fancy wearing Indiana Jones’ trademark fedora? You’ll need around $0.5 million to get the real thing if a replica won’t do.
An Olympic gold medal won by the legendary Dream Team basketball side could be yours. You’ll need at least $0.25 million to get it though.
A Victoria Cross won at the start of World War I has been auctioned. The first such award to the Royal Navy in that conflict it raised a major sum at auction.
A significant sale of movie posters looks like bringing in a big sums this month. Shining out from a catalogue full of highlights is a Bride of Frankenstein poster from 1935.
A copy of God Save the Queen, the 1977 single by the Sex Pistols, has made nearly £25,000 at auction, a record for the sought-after release. The disc was one […]
A tie for $16,000. A suit for nearly $40,000. That’s the star power of Apple founder Steve Jobs, who is a hit with collectors a decade after his death.
This stamp should have been destroyed. Somehow it has survived to become one of the treasures of world philately. It’s yours, if you have £650,000 to spend.
These gloves were the cutting edge of technology in 1700. They were sold recently and realised over £200,000.
One of the most famous costumes in the Star Wars universe, the bikini worn by Princess Leia while imprisoned by Jabba the Hutt is up for sale this month. A […]
The oldest pair of English globes still in private hands will be sold next week with a low estimate of £100,000. The pair were made in around 1689 in London. […]
This Michael Jordan card has an astronomical estimate at auction. It’s from his rookie year and the image adds appeal.
This may be the best collection of naval medals ever sold. Assembled by an American collector they tell the story of the Royal Navy.
