Perfect diamond can be your best friend… for $30million: Sotheby’s will auction flawless 102-carat white diamond in Hong Kong on October 5 The 102.39-carat diamond is expected to fetch $12 million to $30 million It will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on October 5 Only seven such diamonds over 100 carats have … Read more
A 1,200-year-old silver coin will go under the auction hammer for the second time in six years next week, and could break its own record to become the most expensive Anglo-Saxon coin to ever be sold at auction. The penny, found by a treasure hunter in Pevensey, East Sussex, during a hailstorm six years ago, … Read more
At £100k, I’m a little teapot… who’s worth a lot! Rare 250-year-old Chinese wine jug is set to fetch a fortune at auction A Derbyshire householder found a 250-year-old Chinese wine jug worth £100k The person, who does not wish to be identified, planned to give the jug away They considered clearing space in their … Read more
A rare complete set of Viking gaming pieces has been put up for sale after being discovered in a field by a metal detectorist. Retired miner Mick Bott, 73, made the find at a site in Torksey, Lincolnshire, where the Vikings formed a winter camp in AD 872. The camp was used as the Vikings’ … Read more
A rare complete set of Viking gaming pieces has been put up for sale after being discovered in a field by a metal detectorist. Retired miner Mick Bott, 73, made the find at a site in Torksey, Lincolnshire, where the Vikings formed a winter camp in AD 872. The camp was used as the Vikings’ … Read more
The King relaxing in his castle: Rare candid photographs showing Elvis Presley holding his baby daughter, riding a horse on his Memphis ranch and at home with a beer go up for auction Series of photos had been held in a storage lockup for many years before being bought by a British collector Eight photographs include … Read more
Crystal handbag that once belonged to Princess Diana sells for £10,000 at auction Lady Diana donated the bag to charity auction to help homeless in February 1997 Inside was a note she wrote to a woman called Angela who organised the event It was one of a number of her possessions that sold at an … Read more
That’s no baa-argain! Sheep becomes world’s most expensive when it sells for £365,000 after furious bidding war at Scottish auction The lamb, named Double Diamond, was sold at a Scottish livestock auction Sold by well-known breeder Charlie Boden to a three-way consortium It became the world’s most expensive sheep after it was bought for £365,000 … Read more
Ed Sheeran’s first ever album, made when the star was aged 13, to go up for auction with a price tag of £10k… and it’s one of only 20 copies in existence By Dominique Hines For The Daily Mail Published: 00:21 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 00:25 BST, 17 August 2020 As one of … Read more
First World War diaries of two soldiers serving on the Western Front which include chilling entries recounting the first days of the Battle of the Somme go up for auction Gunner H Belshaw and Captain John Oliver Mark Ashley wrote the journals They begin on April 1, 1916, and end with the conflict on November … Read more