A rare, complete copy of John James Audubon’s Birds of America was sold for £7,321,250 ($11,365,000), including buyer’s premium, at Sotheby’s in London, UK, on 7 December 2010. The book contains 1,000 life-size illustrations of 435 birds drawn and...
The most valuable toy soldier in the world is the first handcrafted 1963 G.I. Joe prototype which was sold on 7 August 2003 by its creator Don Levine to Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi for $200,000 (£124,309) during an auction conducted by Heritage Comics...
The most expensive cricket shirt sold at online auction is Jos Buttler’s 2019 World Cup Final match-worn No.63 shirt, selling on eBay for £65,100 ($80,157) on 8 April 2020. Jos Buttler put his 2019 World Cup Final match-worn shirt on eBay to raise money for the...
The most expensive durian fruit sold at auction was 1.5 million Thai baht ($47,784; £37,635), and was achieved by Maliwan Han Chai Thai, Pa Toi Lung Mu farm and the King Of Durian festival (All Thailand) in Nonthaburi, Thailand on 7 June 2019. The rare kanyao durian...
The most expensive crab sold at auction is JP¥5,000,000 (US$45,838.33; £35,711.47; €41,439.09), purchased by Kanemasa – Hamashita Shoten Co., Ltd. (Japan), sold at Tottori Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative Karo Branch, in Tottori, Tottori, Japan, on 7 November...