Oliver Cromwell’s funeral escutcheon to sell
Bonhams is offering a silk escutcheon – or funeral standard – flown from Oliver Cromwell’s hearse during his funeral in 1658. The estimate for the lot stands at £8,000-12,000 ($10,664-15,997) […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-31
Original Star Wars Death Star panel to exceed $11,000?
A piece of the original Death Star from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is offered in an upcoming eBay auction hosted by Hollywood Memorabilia. Bidding on the present […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-30
Herge’s original Tintin artwork valued at close to $1 million
A single 12-panel page of Herge’s original Tintin artwork for Coke en Stoke (retitled The Red Sea Sharks for English readers) will star at Heritage Auctions in Dallas on June […]
By Tom Meyrick
Pioneering aviator Katherine Wright’s letters to sell at Christie’s
Christie’s is to auction a collection of letters from Katherine Wright, sister of flight pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. The correspondence comprises 47 letters between Katherine and her close friend […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-29
Picassos’s Femme dans un Fauteuil to sell on June 20
Pablo Picasso’s Femme dans un fauteuil (1942), a portrait of his muse Dora Maar, will cross the block at Christie’s London on June 20. There’s no estimate on the work, […]
2018-05-25
HMS Bounty cannon estimated at up to $668,000
Thomson Riddick will auction an original cannon from the HMS Bounty in its June 9 sale in Dumfries, Scotland. It’s valued at up to £500,000 ($667,670). This ship occupies a […]
2018-05-24
James Bond’s Goldeneye Aston Martin DB5 to star in Bonham’s Goodwood sale
Bonhams will offer a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 that appeared in popular James Bond movie Goldeneye (1995) in its Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on July 13. The annual auction […]
By Tom Meyrick
Enigma machine codebook to auction at Bonhams
A number of Enigma machines have come to auction over the past couple of years. Much rarer are the codebooks used to operate them. Bonhams’ June 12 Books and Manuscripts […]
2018-05-21
Native American etched battle scene to beat $50,000?
A battle scene etched onto a kettle plate by a Native American warrior is to star in a sale at Heritage Auctions. The lot is valued at upwards of $50,000, […]
Tribal arms offered at Bonhams LA on May 22
Bonhams will offer an extraordinary collection of tribal arms from Africa and the south Pacific in a May 22 sale in Los Angeles. Among the finest is a pole club […]
2018-05-17
1904 Olympic Gold medal expected to reach $200,000
Christie’s is to auction a 1904 Olympic gold medal awarded to George Louis Redlein of basketball side the Buffalo Germans. Valued at $100,000-200,000, it’s primed to become one of the […]
George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess manuscript to make $112,500?
Sotheby’s is to auction a handwritten manuscript from George Gershwin’s great opera Porgy and Bess (1935) on May 22 with an estimate of £60,000-80,000 ($84,306-112,408). This appears to be a […]
2018-05-15
Nate D Sanders auction to feature eclectic memorabilia
Nate D Sanders’ sale on May 31 will feature an excitingly eclectic range of memorabilia. The star lot will be a G-1 leather bomber jacket that once belonged to President […]
1957 Ferrari 250 GT to lead RM Sotheby’s Monaco sale
A 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione “Tour de France” is to lead RM Sotheby’s Monaco 2018 sale. The spectacular model, one of only 72 ever built, has an $8.3m-10.7m […]
2018-05-11
1774 vin jaune wine to feature at Christie’s Geneva
Christie’s has announced the sale of three hugely rare bottles of 1774 vin jaune in its upcoming Fine Wines sale in Geneva on May 26. Each is valued at up […]
By Dan Wade
