A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as "one of the most important and singular texts in human history" will go on show later this month, before going under the hammer. The Codex Sassoon, dating to the late 9th to early 10th, is believed to be the...
PARIS -- Bugatti sold its last purely gas-powered supercar at a Paris auction Wednesday for more than $10 million, setting a world auction record for a new car. Originally a special development model that was never intended to be sold, the one-of-a-kind Bugatti...
A piano that was once owned by the band Queen is set to go under the hammer next month. The instrument - Kawai EP 308 baby grand electric piano - is thought to have been used on Queen's 1984 album The Works, which includes the hit single Hammer To Fall. The piano...
Nigel Lewis; 25th October 2021 EIG figures highlighted by NAVA Propertymark show 15% uplift in sales to £539.5 million during September compared to the same time last year. Auctioneers have reported a record breaking £539.5 million in property sales during...
The auction house will dedicate a platform entirely reserved for NFT sales, these certificates of authenticity which allow the appropriation of a digital object, and whose sales have exploded in recent months. The Sotheby’s auction house announced on October 14 the...
A flood of bidders seems to have known something that the auctioneer did not. Artnet News, October 14, 2021 Last weekend, a pair of sphinx statues were offered up at a small auction house in England. Weatherworn after spending the last 15 years in the garden...
A pair of rare diamond and emerald spectacles from an unknown Indian princely treasury will be sold at an auction in London later this month. The lenses were placed in the Mughal-era frames around 1890, according to auction house Sotheby’s. The spectacles will be...
The bridge that has been depicted in the book of children by A.A.Milne. The book was about Winnie-the-pooh, who was a honey-loving teddy bear. The bridge has been auctioned for over the amount that was being estimated. On Thursday, the statement was given by the...
Wool prices have risen by more than a third since the start of the season, pointing to farmers seeing an improved return when they get their payment next year for the 2021 clip. The fifth British Wool sale of the 2021 season took place last week and saw 1.2m kg of...
When bidding came to a close at Phillips Auction House in London, a painting by a Chattanooga native who goes by the name “Genesis the Greykid” sold for $87,000. "A big blessing, it was wonderful,” said Genesis. He said his inspiration for the painting titled...