Historic Pistol Sells for $920,000 in Maine Flathead Beacon 10-08-08 FAIRFIELD, Maine – An anonymous bidder paid a record $920,000 for a historic .44-caliber revolver, and Maine auctioneer James Julia said that despite the price, it was a bargain. The Colt Walker...
Marilyn Monroe in “Some Like it Hot” Yahoo! Movies: Movie News Friday September 26, 2008 “Rare footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of the 1959 hit “Some Like It Hot” sold at auction Thursday for $14,624. The 2 1/2-minute 8 mm film, which...
Mecum Auction to Sell Large Number of Vintage Neon Signs and Other Automotive Memorabilia Yahoo! News Thu Sep 18, 2008 “Several rare and significant neon signs, memorabilia and service station items to be offered at the Mecum muscle car auction in St. Charles,...
News Release (September 10, 2008): PIMCO Founder Bill Gross Selling More of His Acclaimed Stamp Collection for Charity (New York, NY) – Renowned Wall Street money manager, Bill Gross, will offer another portion of his extensive, international stamp collection in a...
Rare Islamic ewer expected to fetch over $5 million Yahoo! News Wed Sep 10, 2008 “LONDON (Reuters Life!) – A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only seven known surviving examples, will be offered for auction next month at Christie’s...
Sotheby’s Sues CNET Founder for $16.8 Million in Fees By DAVID GLOVIN, Bloomberg News September 4, 2008 “Sotheby’s, the world’s largest publicly traded auction house, sued Halsey Minor, founder of CNET Networks Inc., for not paying $16.8...
Hendrix’s burnt guitar fetches near $500,000 at auction AFP Thursday, September 04, 2008 “LONDON – The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage fetched $495,000 at an auction in London on Thursday. Also sold was the first management...
Motorcycle breaks auction record Channel 4 – News 02 Sep 2008 Source: PA News “A vintage motorcycle dating back to the 1930s has set a new British record when it sold for more than 200,000 pounds at auction. The classic 1939 Vincent-HRD 998cc Series-A...
Quality rock memorabilia has some highly collectible items as evidenced by some of the live eBay auctions that are currently going on:
Auction houses say bidders scaling back SunJournal.com Sunday, August 10, 2008 “STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A slow economy and changing tastes are resulting in smaller crowds at auction houses and more conservative bids from buyers of antiques and collectibles,...