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.
2025-01-08
James Joyce Ulysses 1st edition tipped for $150,000 sale
It’s a hard read, but one of the most important works of literature and to book collectors. Find out why this copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses carries a $150,000 price tag.
2025-01-02
Three dinosaurs for £12.4 million
An unusual pair of Allosaurus skeletons were the star item in a two-lot sale of Jurassic Icons in London last week.
2024-12-19
10-times estimate for sci-fi classic Ender’s Game cover painting
A painting used on a cult sci-fi novel has sold for more than 10-times its predicted price. Why did the painting Drunkard’s Walk prove so successful?
Two racer’s watches, two $1.4 million sales for McQueen’s Heuer and Mille’s Ferrari
Steve McQueen wore a Heur Monaco through the filming of Le Mans and one example has just sold for $1.4 million. Elsewhere a Richard Mille watch made for Ferrari has […]
2024-12-13
Ferrari watch could make $2 million at auction
Richard Mille in partnership with Ferrari is going to bring out the big guns in the watch-collecting world. Will they be willing to pay $2 million for this slimline wonder? Or even more?
2024-12-05
157-million-year-old dinosaur trio has £13 million auction estimate
To find one dinosaur is good luck, two is amazing, and these three skeletons make for one of the most important prehistoric sales of recent times. How much will they get? The answer could make history.
2024-12-04
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 […]
2024-11-28
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
Einstein’s nuclear warning letter goes for $3.9 million at Paul Allen sale
An incredible letter with literally earth-shattering implications has made millions at auction. And computing history is also going for big money at sales this week.
2024-09-13
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona headlines single-owner HK watch auction
Rolex, F.P Journe, Patek Philippe, Piaget… all of the great brands are represented in a sale in Hong Kong that will test market sentiment in East Asia.
2024-09-04
Great Wave prints with $500,000-plus estimates show appeal of much-copied image
It might be the best-known image in all of art history, it’s certainly always in demand and two copies of the legendary The Great Wave print will test the market this September in NY City.
2024-08-29
Buy the first Apple computer straight from Steve Jobs’ desk
How would you like to own the first computer to sit on Steve Jobs’ desk at Apple? The pioneering computer is the top item in a major sale from the collection of late Microsoft founder Paul G Allen.
2024-07-25
English Globes double low estimate in £200,000 auction
These gloves were the cutting edge of technology in 1700. They were sold recently and realised over £200,000.
2024-07-11
Oldest English globes worth at least £100,000
The oldest pair of English globes still in private hands will be sold next week with a low estimate of £100,000. The pair were made in around 1689 in London. […]
