Most expensive comic book cover sold at auction

Cover art for a special edition of Tintin in America sold for a price of 1.3 million Euros (£1m; $1.6m) to an anonymous bidder at an auction event held by the Paris-based auction house Artcurial in June 2012. The art, made in 1932 by Tintin creator Hergé (the pen name...

Most expensive baseball bat sold at auction

The most valuable baseball bat in the world is George Herman Ruth’s (A.K.A Babe Ruth) bat with which he hit the first home run at Yankee Stadium on opening day 18 April 1923 in New York City USA. The bat was purchased by MastroNet, Inc (Illinois based auction...

Most expensive chess piece sold at auction

The most expensive chess piece sold at auction is an attributed “Lewis Chessmen” piece, which sold for $930,415 (£735,000; €821,769), auctioned by Sotheby’s in London, UK, on 2 July 2019. The well known Lewis chess pieces originate from the Isle of...

Frederic Wiese Obituary

Wiese, Frederic Lee age 57, Passed away in the arms of his loving wife and soulmate Kristine on August 2nd after a brief illness and after beating cancer twice. He was a talented Auctioneer who loved doing Benefits

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