Auction Results
The latest auction results from around the world compiled daily by our experts.
Pokemon game goes for over $80,000
Video games are now established collectibles and going for very big sums. A recent sale in the US saw several games go for tens of thousands of dollars. Discover them here.
2025-02-26
Dame Edna’s glasses sell for 25-times estimate at Barry Humphries auction
A pair of trademark glasses worn by TV character Dame Edna Everage realised £37,800 against a £1,500 top estimate at a sale of her creator’s collections. Barry Humphries was born […]
2025-02-19
$50 million Mercedes Streamliner speeds to F1 world record auction price
A 1954 Mercedes Streamliner has sold for $53.9 million to become the most valuable F1 car ever auctioned. The machine was driven during the 1955 Formula One season by Juan […]
Harry Potter first edition goes from bin to £21,000 sale
Harry Potter mania never ends and a copy of his first appearance in print was rescued to star at auction in Devon this week.
2025-02-12
Silver playing cards and baroque marble statues headline at Christie’s
Nearly a metre tall and beautifully carved in white marble, these scuptures are among the high points of Baroque art.
Metal detectorist’s lucky penny auctions for £648,000
A coin found in the Devon mud has sold for a record price. Discover why numismatists from around the world were clamouring to snag the Henry III gold penny.
Meet the first $1 million motorcycle – that you can’t ride on the road
Bright yellow and beautifully restored, this $1 million was the fastest on the road in its day. Read all about it here.
Did Seinfeld just turn down $25 million for his McQueen Le Mans car?
A huge car sale in the US brought in millions of dollars this month. But one car – a Porsche driven by Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans – […]
2025-01-29
World-record sale for Obi-Wan Star Wars toy
A rare Star Wars action figure showing Ben – Obi-Wan – Kenobi has set a record for its type of over $100,000. The figure was sold at Hake’s Auctions on […]
Declaration of Independence worth $2.4 million say New York buyers
As independence fever ran around the 13 breakaway colonies of America, the country was hungry for copies of their founding statement. Find out about this rare copy of the Declaration of Independence here.
Two £1 million guitars at Jeff Beck sale
The Jeff Beck guitar collection sold in London yesterday, with two instruments going for over £1 million. Beck’s collection was sold at Christie’s in London, with an online and phone […]
2025-01-23
Dylan Draft Mr Tambourine Man Lyrics go from bin to $500,000 sale
On a typewriter in a journalist’s house with Marvin Gaye blaring at him through speakers, Bob Dylan wrote his most successful song. Those early lyric sheets have just been sold. e
2025-01-22
Glasses for £20,000, a Luton Town tracksuit for £5,500… that’s the magic of Eric Morecambe
A pair of glasses and a tracksuit each sold for 10-times their estimate as the sale of the 800-item personal collection of TV comic Eric Morecambe realised over £500,000 at […]
2025-01-15
Black Cat comic cover art sells for $1 million
Black Cat might be coming to our screens later this year. She’s an iconic Marvel Villain and her first battle with Spider-Man has just set quite a benchmark for comic-art sales.
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.
