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White Album number 0000006, John Lennon’s first copy of 1968 eponymous The Beatles album, is up for auction this month. The starting price at the online auction, which closes on […]
A hoard of silver pennies from 1066 could net their finders nearly £200,000 at auction. The coins were found in Braintree, Essex, and may have been buried for safe keeping […]
A copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, could realise millions of dollars when it is sold at auction at the beginning of April. The sellers, Heritage […]
The Dirty Dozen are a collection of military watches designed for the British Ministry of Defence. Two examples are being auctioned in London next Wednesday, February 21 with a rare […]
A March auction sale of Hollywood props and costumes is packed with instantly recognisable items. Film fans will know these items immediately and are likely to snap them up, despite […]
A baseball signed by all four Beatles at their final show is up for sale at auction this month. The Spalding ball was signed by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul […]
A set of Michael Jordan’s sneakers – Air Jordan of course – has sold for $8 million (£6.33 million) at auction in New York. This was not a pair of […]
A set of false teeth worn by Winston Churchill during one of his most famous speeches have been sold for £18,000. Churchill wore dentures throughout his life, and was somewhat […]
The sale of Mark Knopfler guitars has handsomely surpassed expectations and estimates to raise over £8 million. The sale was a big pay-day for charities, who received 25% of the […]
A legendary work of art created by all four Beatles has crashed through estimates to sell for $1.7 million at auction in New York. The piece, usually called Images of […]
Can a napkin be worth £300,000? Maybe, if it has Lionel Messi’s name on it, along with some of the most important text in the history of football. The napkin […]
A car door could sell for $200,000 if it hits its estimate. The reason? A graffiti work by Banksy, the world-renowned street artist, who must have a good claim to […]
Sotheby’s recorded $7.9bn in sales last year, just short of the highs recorded in 2022. The exclusive auction house, founded in London in 1744, enjoyed a hugely successful year that […]
A racquet with which Rafael Nadal hit the winning shot of the 2007 French Open tennis tournament has sold for $118,000 at auction. The tennis equipment was sold in a […]
A Charles II “Petition” Crown realised $960,000 at auction in January. The sale was a record for the coin type and for any British silver coin. This is the 360th […]
