Author: Colin Ricketts
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An original Concorde nose cone could fetch more than $350,000 when it hits the auction block in the U.K next week. The iconic cone, from one of the 20th century’s […]
The personal memorabilia collection of Three Stooges legend Moe Howard will be offered at auction by Nate D. Sanders later this month. More than 1,100 lots will cross the block […]
A tiny Roman coin found with a metal detector 30 years ago is set to fetch more than $12,000 at auction, after it was revealed to be the only one […]
A ‘Top Secret’ battle plan used during the D-Day Landings will be offered for sale next month, during an auction of historic memorabilia at Profiles in History. The plan, codenamed […]
A highly rare Roman gold coin discovered with a metal detector has stunned auctioneers in the U.K after it sold for more than $700,000. The 1,700-year-old coin was found earlier […]
A stone head of the Ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen could sell for over $4.5 million when it goes up for auction at Christie’s next month. The rare sculpture, which dates […]
The first appearance of Tintin on a comic book cover is expected to sell for over $1 million when it hits the auction block at Heritage later this week. The […]
A lock of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s hair could sell for more than $15,000 when it goes up for auction at Sotheby’s next week. The large lock of the composer’s grey […]
Two bottles of wine recovered from a 17th century German shipwreck will be offered for sale at Christie’s in London next week. According to Christie’s, the 350-year-old bottles are the […]
A highly rare Honus Wagner T206 baseball card has become the first item of sports memorabilia to break the $1 million mark in 2019. According to reports, the ‘Holy Grail’ […]
The only-known private photograph of the WWII Hiroshima bomb explosion is heading for sale at Cowan’s Auctions next month. The photograph was taken by Lt. Russell E. Gackenbach, the last […]
A laptop computer dubbed “the most dangerous in the world” has sold at auction in the U.S for $1.3 million. The computer was infected with six of the most menacing […]