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.
Buy unique transatlantic plane parts from Lindbergh’s historic flight
He became one of the greatest heroes of his age in one 30-hour flight. Now, a British collectibles dealer is selling parts of the plane that made Lindbergh a legend.
2024-11-28
Eric Morecambe collection auction includes Ernie split letter
Eric and Ernie were the definition of National Treasures, but a letter revealed in an auction sale of comedian Eric Morecambe’s personal collection reveal they nearly never were.
Jeff Beck’s £1 million guitar collection in January auction
Ninety guitars owned by the late Jeff Beck will be auctioned – with a £1 million price tag – in January 2025. Beck, who died in 2023, aged 78, is […]
Austin Powers ‘Shaguar’ car shifts into auction gear
A Jaguar E-Type driven by fictional super agent Austin Powers will be auctioned next January. The car, affectionately called the Shaguar, comes complete with a custom swinging 60s Union Jack […]
Auction of Dune “bible” illuminates “greatest movie never made”
Some of the best designers in the world worked to bring Frank Herbert’s Dune to life. They didn’t get to realise their dream, but what a vision they created.
2024-11-27
For sale: Lennon asks Clapton to join his band in $100,000+ letter
What a team they might have been. John Lennon’s eight-page letter to Eric Clapton is full of fascinating detail on the former-Beatles political and musical dreams.
$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 […]
Bradman “Baggy Green” cricket cap to auction this December
A cricket cap worn when Don Bradman, the game’s greatest ever batter, scored his 100th first-class century is expected to make over £200,000 at auction in Sydney next month. Bradman […]
2024-11-20
$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.
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 […]
