Heritage Auction Galleries is having a rare coin auction next week, January 3 to 6, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. This auction is expected to break the previous world’s record for a coin auction of $61 million that was set by the firm in January 2005. Buoyed by the...
Signed Beatles Album Sells at Auction for $115,000 WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 Friday, 22 December 2006 “New York (AP) — An album cover (`Meet The Beatles,” the band’s first U.S. release on Capitol Records) signed by all four Beatles as a gift for...
Churchill landscape sets auction record Telegraph | News | By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent 13/12/2006 “A painting by Sir Winston Churchill sold for a record 612,800 pounds ($1.2 Million US) to an anonymous buyer at auction yesterday. The previous auction...
Auction figures don’t come cheap Los Angeles Times By Mike Penner, Times Staff Writer December 11, 2006 “How much will Troy Smith’s Heisman Trophy be worth 27 years from now? Charles White’s 1979 Heisman was purchased for $293,750 by an...
Art collector buys $1,000 bill for $2.3 million $1,000 bill worth more now Printed in 1890, art collector buys it for $2.3 million Associated Press Chron.com – Houston Chronicle Dec. 15, 2006, 10:14PM “DALLAS — An art collector has paid about $2.3...
Rock & Roll Christie’s auction in New York Tue, 05 Dec 2006 Entertainment News Editor www.earthtimes.org “NEW YORK, Dec. 5 – The latest Christie’s auction in New York saw original Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Beatles lyrics written by...
Hepburn gown sold at auction in London Yahoo! News Tue Dec 5, 2006 “LONDON – Audrey Hepburn’s iconic black dress fetched a Tiffany price at auction. The garment she wore in the 1961 film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” went for $807,000 on...
Auto-Union 1939 Grand Prix Car May Fetch Record Price in Sale Bloomberg.com: Spend By Chris Peterson “Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) — One of only two 1939 Auto-Union D – Type race cars believed to be in existence will be sold by Christie’s International...
For sale: Rare dinosaur fossil CNN.com November 30, 2006 “LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — An exceptionally well-preserved 65 million year-old fossilized dinosaur nest with some broken eggs exposing tiny skeletons is up for auction in Los Angeles on...
Scotch Whisky, 150 Years Old, Fetches 14,750 Pounds Bloomberg.com: Germany By Peter Woodifield “Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — A half-sized bottle of Scotch whisky that’s about 150 years old sold for 14,750 pounds ($28,820) at auction in London, beating the...