Shilton’s “Hand of God” shirt gets £300,000 auction estimate
The best goal in history and one of the naughtiest! What a legacy the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England has. You could own Peter Shilton’s shirt from the game.
2025-07-23
Darth Vader’s Star Wars Lightsaber gets $3 million auction debut
Do you recognise this humble-looking item? Add some screen magic and it becomes a lightsaber, and a very special one at that. Find out whey it’s worth $3 million or more.
$4 million sale predicted for Mickey Mantle All-Star jersey
Baseball card collectors love Mickey Mantle, but the rarity of his rookie card is matched by his reputation as a player, which is why this photo-matched game shirt will make $4 million.
2025-07-18
Steve Jobs-handmade Apple-1 computer could auction for $600,000
It still works after all these years, but the buyer of this historic Apple-1 computer will probably put it safely in a display case.
2025-07-09
Victoria Cross of WWII officer killed in “most gallant and courageous” action could auction for £500,000
A World War II Victoria Cross awarded to Lieutenant Willard Alexander Sandys-Clarke will be sold at auction in London on July 24 with an estimate of £300,000 to £500,000. Sandys […]
Downton Abbey finale signals curtain up on prop auction in London
Fancy driving yourself around your estate in a car fit for an earl? This fine 1925 Sunbeam starred onscreen as the Grantham/Crawley family’s car in Downton Abbey and it’s for sale soon.
Christie’s to auction Lionel Messi NFT artwork
Is Lionel Messi an artist? Plenty of Barcelona, Argentina and Inter Miami fans will tell you that he is. And now you can buy an artwork jointly credited to him […]
2025-07-02
Stormtrooper helmets, Yoda heads… everything a Star Wars fan could need at summer auction
A major Star Wars sale later this month will help fund a new museum to celebrate the film series. Lots including on-screen props and costumes, production drawings, posters and publicity […]
$20 coin currently worth $65,000 say auction bidders
An example of the most famous American collector’s coin of them all is heading towards a landmark sale at an auction this month. The 1913 specimen of a Saint-Gaudens double […]
Schumacher’s F1-winning suits head major motorsport sale
Racing suits worn by Michael Schumacher on the way to some of his seven F1 championships are the top lots in a huge sale of motorsport memorabilia taking place online […]
Shrapnel and splinters in Trafalgar-flown Union Jack at July auction
You can’t get any closer to Nelson’s final triumph than this flag complete with ammunition holes and shrapnel from the Battle of Trafalgar.
2025-06-26
How much is the word of God (Hollywood style) worth?
Charlton Heston was Moses. But the director of the movie in which he received The Ten Commandments had his own copy of the word of God made. Meet Cecil B DeMille’s tablets.
Billionaire bottle sale reaps $28.2 million wine-auction record
Fancy a drink? You’ll need serious money to take a taste from this extraordinary collection assembled by a US billionaire.
John Lennon’s funny, sexy, tragic letter to Cynthia Powell to be sold
A frank, personal 1962 letter from John Lennon to future first-wife Cynthia Powell will be auctioned in London in July. The young Beatle was in Hamburg, where in the bunk […]
2025-06-13
The original Hermes Birkin bag set for Paris sale
Jane Birkin needed a bag so she could travel with her child. The person she told was a director at the world’s leading luxury bag maker and the result was a legend.
