Metal detectorist’s Celtic coin find set for £70,000 auction
An Ancient British war lord V the Roman Empire. It could only end one way. Is this coin tantalising proof of Caractacus’s existence?
2025-02-19
Rock star to auction his Banksy for £5 million
Blink 182 bassist and singer Mark Hoppus will sell a Banksy via Sotheby’s next month, with the artwork expected to realise as much as £5 million. The painting is Crude […]
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 […]
$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.
Rare video games and prototype consoles top big gaming sale
Video games are now firmly in the collectible category and rising in value, as a big, flagship sale in Dallas will confirm next week. Heritage Auctions’ Video Games Signature auction […]
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 […]
Are silver playing cards worth an $800,000 gamble at auction?
A set of 17th-century, German, silver playing cards will auction in New York next month and could realise as much as $800,000. The cards are a full set of 52. […]
Oscar Wilde ‘Ernest’ first edition to auction from Barry Humphries collection
Barry Humphries openly lived a double life. Oscar Wilde did so secretly. A copy of Wilde’s most famous work owned by Humphries may now make £150,000 at auction.
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.
The $1-million Richard Mille watch that runs fast. As fast as Yohan Blake
This watch won a silver medal behind Usain Bolt. It’s accurate enough to time the likes of Yohan Blake, the sprinter who wore it for every race of the 2012 London Olympics.
