Auction Results
The latest auction results from around the world compiled daily by our experts.
12,000 year-old skeleton sets mammoth auction record
A 12 thousand-year-old mammoth skeleton fetched a record price in France last weekend. The enormous specimen crossed the block at the Aguttes auction house in Lyon, as part of a […]
2017-12-19
Carl Barks’ Disney Duck Family portrait tops Heritage animation sale
A Donald Duck ‘family portrait’ by the renowned Disney artist Carl Barks topped a recent sale of animation art at Heritage Auctions. The painting, featuring Donald and his relatives, sold […]
2017-12-15
Rare WWII German Enigma machine tops $400,000 at Sotheby’s
A highly rare, fully-working WWII German Enigma code machine has sold for more than $400,00 at Sotheby’s. The machine was the leading lot of Sotheby’s recent History of Science and […]
2017-12-13
Historic New York Yankees documents top $3.8m Heritage auction
A sale celebrating the New York Yankees has realized $3.8 million at Heritage Auctions, topping off a remarkable month for the Dallas auction house. The sale offered a wealth of […]
500-year-old Chinese fish jar sells for $27 million
A 500-year-old Chinese porcelain jar sold for a remarkable $27.39 million in Hong Kong this week, at a Christie’s sale dedicated to imperial treasures of the Ming Dynasty. The highly […]
2017-11-29
Robby the Robot sells at Bonhams for world record $5.37 million
The original Robby the Robot has sold at Bonhams for $5.37 million, making it the most valuable movie prop of all-time. The seven-foot tall robot starred in the 1956 science […]
2017-11-22
Jackie Robinson’s rookie jersey tops $2 million in Dallas
Jackie Robinson’s jersey from his rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers has sold at auction for more than $2 million. The historic jersey crossed the block at Heritage Auctions in […]
2017-11-21
Original Dracula poster becomes the world’s most expensive movie poster
A rare poster from the classic 1931 horror movie Dracula has become the world’s most expensive movie poster ever sold at auction. The poster was one of only two known […]
Harry Potter book breaks world record price for the third time in 2017
A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold for a world record at Bonhams. The sale marks the third time in 2017 that the book […]
2017-11-17
Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi painting smashes art world record
Salvator Mundi, the last Leonardo da Vinci painting in private ownership, has smashed the art world record. The circa 1500 depiction of Christ sold for $450 million at Christie’s post-war […]
2017-11-16
Barack Obama’s doodled self-portrait sells for $11,000
A set of doodled pencil sketches by President Barack Obama has sold at action for more than $11,000 in the U.S. The drawings on a sheet of White House stationary […]
2017-11-15
Record-breaking diamond tops $33 million in Geneva
The world’s largest flawless D-colour diamond ever offered at auction has sold for more than $33 million at Christie’s. The gemstone, originally discovered in Angola, weighed in at a remarkable […]
Bob Dylan’s Martin guitar brings $400,000 at Heritage Auctions
A guitar played by Bob Dylan during a historic charity concert has sold for almost $400,000 at auction in Dallas. The 1963 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar crossed the block at […]
2017-11-13
Man Ray photograph fetches $3.1m world record in Paris
A photograph by surrealist artist Man Ray has soared to a new world record price of more than $3 million at Christie’s in Paris. ‘Noire et Blanche’, taken in 1926, […]
Chinese folding chairs fetch $7 million at Bonhams
A set of Chinese folding chairs stunned auction goers at Bonhams this week, selling for almost $7 million against an estimate of just $200,000. The set of four Huanghuali folding […]
