Space aficionados could get their hands on the only photograph of Neil Armstrong’s famous steps on the Moon and a self-portrait of Buzz Aldrin – the first selfie out in the cosmos. The rare photos are a part of a 2,400 vintage photo collection Voyage To Another World that will be up for online auction hosted … Read more
Ed Sheeran‘s Made In Suffolk charity auction has raised a grand total of more than £500,000. The singer, 29, donated hoards of personal items from his career to an auction helping to raise money for young people with disabilities and life-limiting illnesses in East Anglia. Set up by the musician’s parents John and Imogen Sheeran for the … Read more
British soldier who was decorated for saving his comrades’ lives by lobbing Taliban explosive from Helmand ditch is forced to deny it was his OWN grenade as he’s set to fetch £120,000 from sale of his seven medals Deacon Cutterham, 37, is this week selling off his Conspicuous Gallantry Cross He is auctioning the accolade … Read more
Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind and described as ‘completely pure’ could fetch £29MILLION at Swiss auction Dubbed ‘Spirit of the Rose’ after Russian ballet it is going up for sale Wednesday 14.83-ct rock is believed to be largest ever in ‘fancy vivid purple-pink’ category Just one percent of all the pink … Read more
Chinese 18th century cannon that was kept in the garden as an ornament for years goes up for auction for £100,000 600lb 65in-long bronze weapon was made in China in 1789 during Qing dynasty The cannon would have been used by Guo Xing Fu to protect the port of Xiamen It was brought by a … Read more
A letter written aboard the Titanic by a pastor who went down with the ship is going up for auction this month. John Harper, a widowed Baptist minister from Scotland, was traveling from London to Chicago on April 14, 1912 when the doomed liner struck an iceberg and sank. Harper’s sister and daughter were put … Read more
Ed Sheeran has donated one of his paintings to his parents’ Made In Suffolk Legacy auction, it was revealed on Monday. The singer, 29, has decided to give a colourful abstract painting titled Dab 2 2020, which he made for his father John as he refers to him by the nickname Dab. According to the auction, … Read more
David Hockney’s canyon of California sunshine goes up for auction… with an estimated value of £27million A 1980 painting by David Hockney is expected to fetch £27million at auction Nichols Canyon is a vibrantly colourful depiction of a winding Los Angeles street The significant landscape painting has been in private hands for nearly 40 years … Read more
A huge photograph album charting an Edwardian family’s holiday to the Middle East that could rival the Instagram holiday-makers of today has emerged 112 years later. The vast album contains 500 photographs and postcards that were taken by the snap-happy Bowen family. The husband, wife and their two grown-up daughters were prolific photographers and captured … Read more
A ‘kiss of death’ lipstick gun and a purse with a hidden camera are among the haul of James Bond-style gadgets going up for sale in a New York auction. Most of the devices were deployed by the Soviet Union and her comrades in the Cold War against the US and look as if they … Read more