The highest price ever paid for a piano was established at an auction held at London’s Hard Rock Cafe on 17 October 2000, when a Steinway Model Z upright, once owned by John Lennon (UK), sold for £1.45 million (then $2.1 million) to George Michael (UK).
In 2000, Bonhams became Bonhams & Brooks when it was acquired by Brooks auction house. Brooks had been founded in 1989 by the former Head of Cars at Christie’s, Robert Brooks who specialized in the sale of classic and vintage motorcars. Brooks continued a...
The most valuable biscuit in the world was bought by art dealer Johnny Van Haeften (UK) who bought a biscuit from Sir Ernest Shackleton’s failed expedition to the South Pole in 1907–09 for £;4,935 ($7,804) at an auction at Christie’s, London, UK on 18...