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 […]
2018-03-12
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 […]
Rare suffragette board game coming to auction
An original example of the rare suffragette board game Pank-a-Squith is coming to auction at Hansons Auctioneers. The incomplete version, which is missing its board, is valued at £100 ($138) […]
Rusty Porsche 356A 150 GS Carrera Coupe to make $700,000?
A rusty 1957 Porsche 356A 150 GS Carrera Coupe is up for auction with an estimate of $600,000-700,000. The car is among the more intriguing headliners in Gooding & Company’s […]
Hiroshima navigator’s log to sell at Bonhams
The only true copy of the navigator’s log from the Enola Gay’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima is heading to auction at Bonhams on March 9. Theodore Van Kirk was the […]
Original Doctor Who script will sell at auction in May
Doctor Who actor William Hartnell’s original script for the first ever episode is heading to auction, the Antiques Trade Gazette reports. It’s set to appear in a sale hosted by […]
2018-03-01
Czechoslovakia’s rarest stamp to make $200,000?
Czechoslovakia’s rarest stamp comes to auction for the first time in 90 years on March 11, when it’s expected to make $200,000. The 1919 green four-crown stamp bears an inverted […]
2018-02-28
Lord Lucan’s top hat tops auction
Lord Lucan’s top hat has been the lead performer of an auction of the absent aristocrat’s belongings. The silk-lined topper, featuring an “L” monogram, hammered for £2,200 ($3,050) at Holloway’s […]
