Auction Results
The latest auction results from around the world compiled daily by our experts.
Dinosaur skeleton auction achieves $2 million in Paris
The skeleton of a previously unrecorded species of dinosaur realised $2m at Aguttes auction house in Paris on June 4. The bones date back around 163.5m-145m years and belong to […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-05
Herge’s ‘Red Sea Sharks’ Tintin artwork realises $425,000
Herge’s original 12-panel artwork for a page from classic Tintin story The Red Sea Sharks made $425,000 at Heritage Auctions over the weekend (June 4). The piece was the star […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-04
Two Ronnies’ Four Candles script hammers for £28,000
Ronnie Barker’s original handwritten script for The Two Ronnies sketch “Four Candles” has auctioned this afternoon (June 1) for £28,000. Featuring the red ink handwriting of Barker, who was using […]
By Dan Wade
2018-06-01
Thomas Schelling’s Nobel Prize auctions for $187,000
Thomas Schelling’s Nobel Prize has sold for $187,500 at Nate D Sanders’ May 31 online auction. The US arms control expert, who died in 2016 aged 95, was awarded the […]
By Dan Wade
Queen Elizabeth II signed register stars in Canadian auction
A register signed by four members of the British royal family, including Queen Elizabeth II, made $6,909 US in a recent sale at All Nations Stamp and Coin in Vancouver, […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-29
Derek Jeter trading card sets new record for type
A Mint 10-graded Derek Jeter trading card from his 1993 rookie season with the New York Yankees has become the most valuable modern baseball card ever sold. The Upper Deck […]
By Tom Meyrick
1774 Vin Jaune bottle makes $121,000 at Christie’s
A Christie’s wine auction has set a new record for a bottle of 1774 Vin Jaune. The 244-year-old wine received a final bid of $120,800 at the May 26 sale […]
By Tom Meyrick
Car boot vase bought for $26 goes for $29,500
A ceramic vase picked up at a car boot sale for £20 ($26) during the 1990s has sold for an astonishing £21,960 ($29,411) at auction. It turns out the vase […]
2018-05-24
MC Escher’s relativity sets new world records
A lithograph print of MC Escher’s Relativity (1953) achieved a new world record for the artist at Bonhams on May 22, with a final result of $92,500. This is Escher’s […]
By Tom Meyrick
Winston Churchill-smoked cigar bought by Piers Morgan
A cigar half smoked by Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill on a ship to the US in 1941 has sold for £2,600 ($3,467). That’s more than double the £1,000 […]
2018-05-23
Harry and Meghan goodie bag sells for $29,000?
One of the 1,200 non-VIP guests invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle on Saturday has sold her goodie bag for an astonishing £21,400 ($28,629). That’s a […]
Whisky auction record smashed twice in a night
A 1926 Macallan Valerio Adami 60-Year-Old has smashed the record for a whisky bottle at auction. The rare 750ml tipple, from the distillery’s celebrated “artists series”, sold for $1.1m at […]
2018-05-22
Jewish concentration camp collection sells to Holocaust museum
A collection of items belonging to Jews who were sent to Nazi concentration camps during the second world war appeared at auction last week. The lot realised $3,000 in the […]
2018-05-21
Kurt Cobain smashed guitar stars at Julien’s Auction
An electric guitar body that Kurt Cobain smashed to pieces onstage in Seattle on September 22, 1990 led a sale at Julien’s Auctions. The Aria Pro II Cardinal Series achieved […]
Signed Nirvana photograph leads the John Brennan collection
A signed Nirvana photograph led RR Auction’s sale of autograph hunter John Brennan’s legendary collection last night (May 17). The piece was valued at upwards of $5,000, but ended up […]
