Barack Obama’s doodled self-portrait sells for $11,000
A set of doodled pencil sketches by President Barack Obama has sold at action for more than $11,000 in the U.S. The drawings on a sheet of White House stationary […]
2017-11-15
Billie Jean King’s Battle of the Sexes tennis racquet up for sale
The tennis racquet used by Billie Jean King in the famous ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match is going up for auction at Bonhams. The ‘battle’ saw Wimbledon champion King play […]
2017-11-14
Lou Gehrig’s last home-run bat heads to Heritage Auctions
The bat with which Lou Gehrig hit the last two home runs of his career is up for sale at Heritage Auctions. The legendary New York Yankees player used the […]
Remarkable WWII ‘Rat Bomb’ to sell at Bonhams
An auction at Bonhams next month will include a particularly strange piece of WWII memorabilia – a ‘rat bomb’ used by secret agents in Occupied France. The preserved bomb is […]
2017-11-13
RM Sotheby’s ICONS sale to include historic Le Mans Ferrari
A historic Ferrari with a Le Mans pedigree could bring up to $17 million at RM Sotheby’s next month. The Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider will be offered for […]
Bob Dylan’s Martin guitar brings $400,000 at Heritage Auctions
A guitar played by Bob Dylan during a historic charity concert has sold for almost $400,000 at auction in Dallas. The 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar crossed the block at […]
Man Ray photograph fetches $3.1m world record in Paris
A photograph by surrealist artist Man Ray has soared to a new world record price of more than $3 million at Christie’s in Paris. ‘Noire et Blanche’, taken in 1926, […]
Chinese folding chairs fetch $7 million at Bonhams
A set of Chinese folding chairs stunned auction goers at Bonhams this week, selling for almost $7 million against an estimate of just $200,000. The set of four Huanghuali folding […]
2017-11-10
First map to name ‘America’ expected to top $1 million at Christie’s
A copy of the first map to name America could fetch more than $1 million at Christie’s next month. The map was created in 1507 by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, […]
2017-11-09
The magical vintage circus photographs of Edward J. Kelty
A collection of highly rare vintage circus photographs will lead an extraordinary sale at Potter & Potter this month. The company’s Circus, Sideshow and Wild West Sale will include original […]
2017-11-08
Bonhams to offer historic Le Mans Porsche 550A Spyder
A vintage Porsche with a truly remarkable racing history is heading for the block in Arizona next year. Bonhams will offer a highly rare and important 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder, […]
2017-11-07
Jimi Hendrix’s shirt sells for more than $100,000
A shirt once owned by Jimi Hendrix has sold for more than $100,000 at auction in the U.S. The shirt was offered with amazing photographic provenance, which showed Hendrix wearing […]
Lee Harvey Oswald’s morgue toe tag set for auction
An online sale at RR Auction this week will include a piece of particularly macabre memorabilia: the original toe-tag from the body of Lee Harvey Oswald. The tag, which also […]
Luke Skywalker’s The Return of the Jedi lightsaber for sale
Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from The Return of the Jedi is going up for sale at Bonhams later this month. The iconic prop is expected to fetch $150,000 – $250,000, as […]
2017-11-02
Elvis and Priscilla’s divorce papers to auction in the UK
Elvis Presley’s divorce papers are heading top auction in the UK later this month. The 12-page document includes two rare examples of Elvis’ autograph, which he signs in full "Elvis […]
