Designer’s work-in-progress Tube map could be £100,000 London guide
A unique proof copy of the first London Underground map annotated by its designer will be sold at auction this month when it is expected to make up to £100,000. […]
2025-12-03
Faberge egg breaks record for Imperial jeweller with £22.9 million sale
Created for an Empress and then lots in the chaos of revolution and war, the Winter Egg is perhaps the greatest Faberge Egg of all and now it has a price-tag to match that claim.
Ancient Egypt in the sale room: buy your own sarcophogi in Paris auction
Ancient Egypt still fascinates us, and the chance to buy a genuine relic from that distant time rarely comes up. Big buyers will no doubt be in Paris on November 18 for this major sale.
2025-11-12
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.
2025-10-24
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
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
Muhammad Ali’s draft card, the paper he wouldn’t sign, for sale
The military draft card issued to but never signed by boxer Muhammad Ali will be auctioned in a single-lot sale online next month. Christie’s are selling the card, issued on […]
2025-09-24
“Finest” Austen first editions, Columbus book lead major documents sale
“One of the finest complete collections of first editions by Jane Austen to ever come to auction” will be sold in New York next month. The Austen works lead Christie’s […]
2025-09-17
Galileo book makes £1.1 million at London auction
Galileo ended up in hot water for his scientific studies. They started with this book, which has made over £1 million at auction.
2025-07-18
John Lennon’s frank love letter raises well over estimate at auction
John Lennon’s lustful letter from Hamburg has sold for nearly £70,000 sailing past its estimate.
2025-07-09
Christie’s to auction Lionel Messi NFT artwork
Is Lionel Messi an artist? Plenty of Barcelona, Argentina and Inter Miami fans will tell you that he is. And now you can buy an artwork jointly credited to him […]
2025-07-02
£1 million sale for shrapnel-marked Battle of Trafalgar flag
A Union Jack flown at the Battle of Trafalgar – Admiral Lord Nelson’s tragic, triumphant final act – has auctioned in London for over £1 million this week. The war […]
Shrapnel and splinters in Trafalgar-flown Union Jack at July auction
You can’t get any closer to Nelson’s final triumph than this flag complete with ammunition holes and shrapnel from the Battle of Trafalgar.
2025-06-26
Billionaire bottle sale reaps $28.2 million wine-auction record
Fancy a drink? You’ll need serious money to take a taste from this extraordinary collection assembled by a US billionaire.
John Lennon’s funny, sexy, tragic letter to Cynthia Powell to be sold
A frank, personal 1962 letter from John Lennon to future first-wife Cynthia Powell will be auctioned in London in July. The young Beatle was in Hamburg, where in the bunk […]
