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Perhaps the most famous, certainly the most talked about, costume in Star Wars history has been sold. Alongside it a legendary space fighter made well over $1 million.
John Lennon remains among the most collectible modern pop figures. A pair of glasses he gave to a fan recently dwarfed their estimate.
A note signed by composer Ludwig van Beethoven has sold at auction for $112,500. The undated and unlocated letter is short enough to reproduce in full: Beethoven writes: Your Excellency! […]
Gary Player dominated to win this trophy in 1974. Now it’s one of very few Open Trophy prizes to reach the collectibles market. It was bound to command a big price.
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.
