Steve McQueen is big attraction in major movies and motors sale
Steve McQueen still epitomises cool. And it’s a cool closely associated with fast cars. Start you engines then for the perfect sale for lovers of elegant, beautiful, superfast machinery.
2025-10-29
Batman and Robin outfits wow at major TV sale
There’s still a cult following for 1960s TV shows and a big market for memorabilia as a major sale has just proved. Holy mackerel, you need to see the prices on these costumes.
Abraham Lincoln’s cane and JFK’s watch bring big money for US political memorabilia
The two greatest tragedies in American political history are also the most collectible moments. Lincoln and Kennedy have proved their value yet again. Read more here.
Napoleon’s brooch from Waterloo heads to Geneva auction this November
In the chaos and confusion of the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon’s carriages went astray. Now one of the most precious items found inside will be sold at auction.
Eddie Van Halen’s Kramer is sixth most valuable guitar ever auctioned
Players love Eddie, and he was a real guitar head, making his own instruments and tinkering hard on this one that has now become one of the most valuable ever.
Oasis-row smashed guitar finds new home
A Noel Gallagher-owned guitar that his brother Liam used as a weapon as the band fell apart has been auctioned for nearly £300,000. The 1960, red Gibson ES-355 was one […]
2025-10-24
Lou Gehrig’s final home game Yankees jersey leads $8-million sports, entertainment sale.
Lou Gehrig is a legend on and off the diamond. These artifacts brought the hero and the sportsman together and proved their worth this week.
Christopher Columbus book auctions for $1.6 million
A 1494 print of Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas has proved valuable at auction. And an Einstein photo surprised to go for many times its estimate.
2025-10-22
‘Tragic’ Titanic pocket watch has £1 million auction estimate
The stories of the Titanic are why we remember this appalling disaster. Isidor and Ida Straus told one of the most compelling and moving of those stories.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg cane is star at political memorabilia sale
A thoughtful gift, no doubt, but the President didn’t really want it. The man he gave it to added the evidence that makes Lincoln’s Gettysburg Cane so valuable now.
2025-10-15
Winston Churchill’s “Marrakech” painting is star of historic Canadian sale
Churchill loved Marrakesh so much he went there to paint six times. One of his best works from those trips will sell as Canada’s oldest business is liquidated next month.
Zappa, Harrison and Clapton headline major December guitar sale
Zappa guitars don’t sell often; this one never has; and it may be his best. Get set for records in this December guitar sale that also sees Harrison, Clapton and more on the block.
Einstein’s violin makes over £1 million at auction
Einstein loved this violin. It must have hurt to leave it behind in Germany. But with Hitler in power he had no choice. Now it has sold for a record price.
The Winter Egg could set Faberge auction record for a third time
Tsarina Maria Feodorovna got a wonderful present at Easter 1913. Her Faberge egg, the legendary Winter Egg, may break auction records again when it sells this winter.
2025-10-09
Bob Ross paintings to sell in aid of TV stations that made him famous
Paintings by Bob Ross, the celebrated TV artist, will be auctioned this November, with the profits going to support US TV stations facing cuts in funding. Ross became a popular […]
