Upside down ship stamp sales past $20,000 at auction
You can immediately see why a framed image of this sort produces the most desired errors when it goes wrong. There’s an extraordinary story behind this stamp too.
2025-01-24
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
Trump link could push Ferrari over $1 million
A President’s name adds value to the already precious in the case of this Ferrari, bought new in 2007 by Donald Trump. Is it worth $1 million.
2025-01-22
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
$2 million for South Africa’s Boer War “unicorn” coin
South Africa was on the brink of war as this coin was struck. That led to a mistake, and that led to the most valuable coin in South African history.
2025-01-16
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.
£15 million record predicted for Golden Period Stradivarius violin
His name is the first on your lips when you think of violins. Now, an instrument by the great 17th to 18th century Italian maker Stradivarius will sell for well over £10 million.
Multimillion-dollar Declaration of Independence to sell next week
The man who printed this extremely rare Declaration of Independence probably wanted the American Revolution to fail. His work is now worth millions of dollars because it succeeded.
Upside-down ship makes stamp worth $15,000
The Buffalo Pan-American Exposition saw the killing of a president. The fair is also famous among stamp collectors for inspiring one of the most well-known among US stamp errors.
2025-01-09
Auction: “last-known” Lennon photo showing Beatle with his killer
One night in December 1980 a fan took a picture of John Lennon. He captured the musician signing an autograph for his murderer.
2025-01-08
Outsider artist Ramirez’s drawing has $200,000 price tag
The works can look simple and even childlike, but the best outsider art can demand big prices as this January sale proves.
Want to share a locker with Lionel Messi? $350,000 please
Historic mementos don’t come much more concrete than this, the bench where Lionel Messi changed and the locker he put his gear in on the way to the greatest career in world football history.
£30,000 expected for Obi-Wan Kenobi figure
Showing one of the key figures in the Star Wars story with features that were later ditched, this model is super-desirable to collectors.
Santana guitar, Prince shirt top major pop sale
A landmark guitar and a trademark shirt from two great American artists are the lead items in a sale built around the Spencer Davis collection.
