Damien Hirst (UK) made $200.8 million (£111 million) during a two-day auction on 15 and 16 September 2008. 167 of his works went on sale at Sotheby’s in London. Only three of the 167 items available failed to find buyers.
The most valuable chocolate bar in the world is a 100-year old Cadbury’s chocolate bar which went on Captain Robert Scott’s first Discovery expedition (1901-1904) to the Antarctic. The bar, which is 10 cm (4 in) long, wrapped and uneaten in a cigarette...
The most expensive Gandhara art sold at auction is Buddha Triad and was sold by Eco Ring Holdings (China) at $6,630,000 (£4,892,170 / €5,869,460) which was auctioned at Christie’s in New York, USA, on 23 September 2020. The auction was held as part of Asian Art...
The most expensive pressing iron sold at auction is $15,000 (£8,839.65; €10,413.30) excluding commission, purchased by Ion Chirescu (Romania) and auctioned by Simmons & Company Auctioneers, Inc (USA) in Cleveland, USA, on 06 August 2009. Ion Chirescu has also held...
The most valuable diary in the world is a journal kept by Dr. Alexander Macklin, a surgeon on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Endurance adventure of 1914-1917, which was sold at Christie’s, London, UK on 25 September 2001 for £104,950...