Auction Results
The latest auction results from around the world compiled daily by our experts.
Steve Bloomer football collection makes $400,000
Memorabilia connected with the great England footballer Steve Bloomer has sold for £320,000 ($400,000). The collection included 19 velvet England international caps awarded to Bloomer at the turn of the […]
2016-12-21
Jimi Hendrix’s favourite acoustic guitar sells for more than $250,000
The guitar Jimi Hendrix owned longer than any other has smashed its estimate at a Bonhams auction in London. Hendrix had owned the Epiphone acoustic guitar for three years, and […]
2016-12-16
Native American war shirt fringed with human hair tops Heritage sale
A Native American war shirt decorated with human hair fetched more than $30,000 when it came up for sale in Dallas this week. The shirt was the star lot of […]
Snow White’s Evil Queen helps Heritage animation sale top $1 million
An original hand-painted image of Snow White’s Evil Queen topped a recent sale of animation art at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills. The auction was the fifth consecutive animation sale […]
2016-12-14
Arnold Palmer’s Masters trophy tops $440,000 at Green Jacket Auctions
A Masters Tournament trophy presented to golf legend Arnold Palmer has sold for more than $440,000 in the U.S, becoming the second-most valuable item of golf memorabilia in history. The […]
Unique Harry Potter manuscript tops $450,000 at Sotheby’s auction
A rare manuscript by Harry Potter author J.K Rowling has sold for more than $450,000 at Sotheby’s in London. The work in question was The Tales of Beedle the Bard, […]
2016-12-13
Historic punk memorabilia fetches five figures at Sotheby’s
The recent Sotheby’s sale ‘A Rock & Roll Anthology: From Folk to Fury’ featured two landmark items of memorabilia from the history of punk. The first item was a hand-painted […]
Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind lyrics auction for $324,500
Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to Blowin’ in the Wind have sold for $324,500. They topped Sotheby’s A Rock & Roll Anthology: From Folk to Fury auction in New York on […]
2016-12-12
German M4 naval Enigma machine sets new world record
A German M4 naval Enigma machine has sold for a record $463,400. It smashed the previous record for an Enigma machine, set at $350,000 for another M4 specimen last year. […]
2016-12-08
Enola Gay navigator’s log realises $372,500
The original log kept by the navigator of the Enola Gay made $372,500 at Sotheby’s New York on December 6. It starred in sale of Americana and books and manuscripts. […]
2016-12-07
Royal Welsh Whisky bottles defy expectation
A couple of bottles of Royal Welsh Whisky have sold for substantially above their estimates at Peter Francis Auctioneers. Both date to around 1900 and were produced by the Welsh […]
2016-12-06
1847 Mauritius copper plate sold for $1.1 million
The copper plate used to print the ultra-rare 1847 Mauritius issue stamp realised $1.1 million at David Feldman in Geneva last week. The issue was the first stamp the British […]
2016-12-05
Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms breaks Canadian art auction record
Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms has broken the record for a Canadian artwork at auction. The Group of Seven artist’s 1926 work sold for $11.2 million at Heffel Fine Art Auction […]
2016-11-25
Herge’s original Tintin artwork sets $1.7 million record
A page of Herge’s original artwork for a Tintin adventure has auctioned for $1.7 million, doubling its estimate at Artcurial in Paris. The China ink extract from 1954 work Explorers […]
2016-11-21
John Lennon’s hostile letter to Paul McCartney auctions for $30,000
A hostile letter John Lennon wrote to Linda McCartney, Paul’s wife, has sold for $29,843 at RR Auction – far above its $20,000 estimate. Lennon wrote the letter in 1971, […]
