Super-rare Shakespeare Folios full set worth £4.5 million
A complete set of the four Shakespeare Folios will be sold by auction in London this May with a top estimate of £4.5 million. Sotheby’s are selling the four volumes, […]
2025-04-23
1971 Patek Philippe is star of Hong Kong watch sale
A “possibly unique”. “highly important” 1971 Patek Philippe watch is the star lot in Sotheby’s Hong Kong April show, with a top estimate of £2.3 million or $3.1 million (HK$24 […]
2025-04-17
95-minute bid battle ends in $32 million Chinese scroll record
It’s one of the all-time treasures of Chinese art, and trade war or not, one buyer was willing to pay a record fee for this 20-foot, beautifully written scroll.
2025-04-16
$5.7 million first bid for Kobe Bryant rookie jersey
Kobe Bryant is next up in the battle for the most valuable star in basketball history. How much will his debut-season shirt make? It’s already riding on a nearly $6-million bid.
2025-04-11
E.T. sketch makes 3-times estimate in horror/sci-fi sale
A character sketch of E.T. – the most celebrated alien in cinema – has sold for three-times its estimate at a New York science fiction and horror auction. The expression […]
2025-04-04
US record for Old Rip Van Winkle Kentucky Bourbon
A 2007 bottle of Kentucky Bourbon has set an auction record for a post-prohibition American whiskey, achieving $125,000 in New York. The Old Rip Van Winkle limited-edition ‘Van Winkle Selection’ […]
2025-03-26
ET to go to new home for $600,000 at major special effects auction
An original screen-used model of E.T., the loveable alien from the Steven Spielberg movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, will be auctioned in New York on April 3. The model is being […]
2025-03-19
Rare bottle of Macallan whisky expected to auction for $80,000
A charity special edition bottle of whisky will sell next month and it’s not even the most valuable item in its sale at $80,000.
2025-03-12
£4.2 million for Blink-182 Banksy Vettriano remix
A poignant sale saw a remixed artwork sell for over £4 million in London this week. Owned by a rock-star it’s the perfect Banksy.
2025-03-05
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 […]
2025-02-19
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.
2025-01-29
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.
2025-01-24
£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.
2025-01-15
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.
Ten Commandments go for $5 million
For many years this priceless tablet was used as a doorstep. Now it’s been sold for more than $5 million and will be donated to an Israeli museum.
