Auction Results
The latest auction results from around the world compiled daily by our experts.
Admiral Lord Nelson’s shoe buckles go for £2,000
A commonplace pair of shoe buckles can be worth thousands of pounds when they’ve been on the right footwear, in this case the shoes of Admiral Lord Nelson.
2024-12-19
Ten Commandments go for $5 million
For many years this priceless tablet was used as a doorstep. Now it’s been sold for more than $5 million and will be donated to an Israeli museum.
Three dinosaurs for £12.4 million
An unusual pair of Allosaurus skeletons were the star item in a two-lot sale of Jurassic Icons in London last week.
10-times estimate for sci-fi classic Ender’s Game cover painting
A painting used on a cult sci-fi novel has sold for more than 10-times its predicted price. Why did the painting Drunkard’s Walk prove so successful?
Two racer’s watches, two $1.4 million sales for McQueen’s Heuer and Mille’s Ferrari
Steve McQueen wore a Heur Monaco through the filming of Le Mans and one example has just sold for $1.4 million. Elsewhere a Richard Mille watch made for Ferrari has […]
2024-12-13
“Brutus for emperor” coin doubles estimate in £1.64 million sale
Fresh from helping to kill Caesar, Brutus was on the war path and after the Imperial throne. Money was a big part of his campaign and this coin, sold for £1.64 million, made him look his best.
Oz ruby slippers are most valuable movie memorabilia ever after $28-million sale
They were flogged off by a studio that had no need of them, toured the country for tourists, and then were stolen from a museum, but finally the Ruby Slippers have a new home, and have set a new record in their category.
Brideshead teddy auctions for £26,000 as bear collection makes nearly £300,000
He’s a star of a sort, and a teddy bear from Brideshead Revisited was valued at 10s of thousands of pounds this week. And Aloysius wasn’t even the most valuable bear there.
2024-12-04
Australian cricket legend Don Bradman’s baggy green auctions for £245,000
Don Bradman was a legend in so many ways. There is no dimming to his legend, as a new record for a worn cap confirms at auction in Sydney this week.
$12.5 million record auction of Tiffany window shocks New York sale
Agnes Northrop worked her way up at Tiffany from glass cutting to making works like the spectacular Danner Memorial Window that has just set a world record for Tiffany.
2024-11-22
Beatle guitar surprises with £1 million auction sale
An early Beatles guitar played by George Harrison has surpassed estimates to auction for over £1 million in Nashville this week. The Resonet Futurama was Harrison’s “workhorse” guitar as the […]
John Daly’s Claret Jug auctions for $392,000 at golf sale
John Daly has lived a hell of a life. And he’s a hell of a golfer. A buyer has shown just how much fan’s value him by shelling out nearly $400,000 for a trophy he won 30 years ago.
2024-11-21
Banana artwork auctions for $6.2 million
A piece of art made of a banana taped to a wall has been sold for $6.2 million to a man who says he will eat the main feature of […]
$2.5 million sale for early US coin found in Amsterdam cabinet
Bearing just the letters NE and the Latin numerals III, this silver threepence is hardly sophisticated but it’s a hidden gem and collectors had waited for decades for a chance to buy one. Find out more here.
2024-11-20
The £1,500 lump of coal? A Titanic buy of course
Coal from the Titanic has been sold at auction for £1,500. The fuel was recovered from the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1994 and came with a certificate of […]
