Stanley Kubrick’s driver to sell memorabilia in Italy
The red jacket Jack Nicholson wore as menacing bad dad Jack Torrance in The Shining is primed to make upwards of $12,000 in an auction of Stanley Kubrick memorabilia. All […]
2018-03-13
1950 Malcolm X letter featured in Swann Galleries sale
A 1950 letter from civil rights activist and black community leader Malcolm X will headline a sale of printed and manuscript African Americana. The auction will take place at Swann […]
Chontal and Mezcala artefacts offered in April sale
Christie’s will host a fascinating single owner collection of unique Mezcala, Chontal and Olmec artefacts in a Paris auction on April 9. Titled Quantum of History: the Prigogine Collection, the […]
Jesse Owens’ Congressional Medal of Freedom heads to auction
American athlete Jesse Owens’ Congressional Medal of Freedom is offered with an opening bid of $55,000 at SCP Auctions’ online sale on March 23. Owens received the honour from US […]
Aryton Senna’s 1987 racing suit stars in Monaco sale
A racing suit worn by the great Brazilian F1 driver Ayrton Senna during his 1987 season with Lotus will star in RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction on May 12. A special […]
Star Wars Landspeeder replica heads to auction in LA
A full size working replica of the X-34 Landspeeder from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) is up for sale at GWS Auctions in LA on March 24. […]
2018-03-12
Mike Mitchell’s Beatles photographs to make $346,500?
An extraordinary collection of Beatles photographs taken by teenager Mike Mitchell in 1964 are heading to auction again. The lot, set to cross the block at Beatles specialist Omega Auctions […]
Alcoholics Anonymous’ Big Book manuscript to make $3m?
The original manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous’ fabled Big Book is heading to auction following an extended legal battle over its ownership. The consigner, Ken Roberts, paid $997,000 for the manuscript […]
2018-03-08
SS Normandie photograph collection offered in Paris
An enormous collection of photographs, documents and other ephemera relating to the great art deco era transatlantic liner the SS Normandie is heading to auction at Tessier Sarrou in Paris. […]
2018-03-06
Picasso Marie-Therese portrait set to make up to $35m
A tender Pablo Picasso portrait of his great muse Marie-Therese Walter is set to cross the block at Sotheby’s New York on May 14. The work is titled La Repos […]
Chinese falangcai bowl to star in Hong Kong auction
Christie’s will auction a beautiful puce-enamel falangcai bowl in its Chinese Works of Art sale in Hong Kong on April 3. The one of a kind piece was made for […]
Early US airmail will star at Robert A Siegel
Robert A Siegel is to offer a spectacular selection of early US airmail. The James P Myerson Collection of Pioneer Flight Mail 1910-1916 auction will take place in New York […]
2018-03-05
Albert Einstein correspondence to cross the block
A collection of correspondence from Albert Einstein relating to his attempts to free a German refugee from a Canadian camp is selling at Israel’s Winner’s Auctions on March 6. The […]
JH Dance Confederate Dragoon revolver to sell
A rare JH Dance & Brothers Confederate Dragoon revolver will lead Heritage Auctions’ March 17 Western Americana and Texana sale in Dallas. JH Dance was founded in 1862 to provide […]
Rare Detective Comics #27 offered for the first time
An ultra-rare CGC 5.0-graded copy of Detective Comics #27, the comic book that introduced the world to Batman, will sell at Hake’s Americana on March 13-15. With an estimate of […]
