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 […]
Bonhams’ Asia Week sales will star this incredible Tibetan sculpture
Bonhams will feature a fascinating selection of art and antiques in its Asia Week sales in New York from March 19 to 21. Topping the Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian […]
2018-02-27
Seagram sculptor’s illustration collection heading for auction
A collection of sculptor’s illustrations from the Seagram collection will star in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Online sale on March 2. The sale focuses on influential contemporary sculptors, including Ellsworth Kelly […]
Zhang Daqian sale to feature pieces from the Chew collection
Zhang Daqian, acclaimed as the greatest Chinese painter of the 20th century, is the focus of a sale at Sotheby’s New York during Asia Week on March 22. All of […]
Drake lyrics notebook to sell for $54,000?
Moments in Time is offering a handwritten notebook of lyrics from Canadian rapper, entrepreneur and former child star Drake, according to TMZ. The piece dates to the early 2000s, when […]
Albert Einstein’s violin to make $200,000?
A violin that once belonged to Albert Einstein will star in Bonhams’ Extraordinary Books and Manuscripts sale. The piece is valued at $100,000-200,000 ahead of the March 9 auction. Einstein […]
2018-02-23
1974 Porsche RSR Turbo valued at $8m
A 1974 Porsche RSR Turbo racing car will be offered with an estimate of up to $8m in Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island sale. That would make it the most […]
2018-02-22
Unreleased Beyonce footage to auction on March 13
Never before seen footage of 21st century pop icon Beyonce is selling at British auction house Ted Owen on March 13. The collection consists of 19 videotapes featuring footage of […]
Peter Doig’s Charley’s Space valued at up to $11m
Charley’s Space (1991), an early work by Scottish-Canadian artist Peter Doig, will appear in Christie’s post war and contemporary art evening sale in London on March 6. It’s expected to […]
Napoleon’s Sevres Marly Rouge dinner service to make $200,000?
Part of Napoleon’s prized Sevres Marly Rouge dinner service is set to star in the sale of the Peggy and David Rockefeller collection at Christie’s in May. It’s valued at […]
Andy Warhol’s Six Self Portraits will star at Christie’s
Andy Warhol’s Six Self Portraits (1986) will lead Christie’s post-war and contemporary art sale in London on March 6. The set consists of six silk-screen renderings of Warhol’s iconic “fright […]
2018-02-21
Jaguar Land Rover to sell off British car collection
Jaguar Land Rover is to auction off a major portion of its British classic car collection at Brightwells’ Affordable Classics auction at Bicester, UK on March 21. All originate from […]
Sir Isaac Newton alchemical manuscript to sell
Alchemy was a big deal in the 1700s, as this handwritten manuscript from the great scientist Sir Isaac Newton attests. The piece is offered with a valuation of up to […]
Short snorter autograph game features at RR Auction
Short snorting was a game played by the well-heeled travelling class from the 1920s onwards. The rules were quite simple. You collect autographs from the people who were travelling with […]
