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France

An unidentified dinosaur sells for over 2 million Euros at Paris Aucti

An unnamed French art collector has bought the relic and it's understood he'll be presenting it to the public

05/06/2018

Living

Original Winnie-the-Pooh sketches for sale

The 1926 drawing about the Hundred Acre Wood is among them.

01/06/2018

Cult

World's largest known freshwater pearl to go under the hammer

The pearl, dubbed "the Sleeping Lion" for its irregular shape will go on sale in the Hague

29/05/2018

Cult

King of Comedy's items to go on auction in Las Vegas

Items of the late US comedian Jerry Lewis will go under the hammer next month

22/05/2018

USA

Princely items go on sale in New York

Memorabilia from the estate of the late star, Prince, go on auction this weekend and are on display until Friday at the Hard Rock cafe in Times Square.

15/05/2018

USA

Modigliani nude fetches $157.2 million at Sotheby's auction

The painting gave Sotheby’s its highest price yet.

15/05/2018

Australia

Russell Crowe's 'divorce' auction sells millions worth of movie props

The auction at Sotheby's, 'The Art of Divorce' attracted dozens of buyers and spectators and reaped in more than $208 million dollars in Sydney.

08/04/2018

USA

Biggest-ever auction in aid of charity as Rockefeller art is donated for good causes

The legendary art collection from one of America's greatest families is attracted strong interest from super-wealthy buyers, but smaller lots are at more affordable estimates, including jewelry, furniture and fine china.

06/04/2018

World News

Picasso and Money under the hammer

Picasso's Young Girl with a Flower Basket joins works by Monet and Gauguin in an auction at Christies which is expected to make nearly half a billion euros

15/03/2018

Cult

Britain's most expensive car up for auction

This 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato ‘2 VEV’ is expected to reach up to £15m at auction in Paris

09/02/2018

No Comment

Tokyo tuna fetches nearly 250,000 at auction

Hundreds of thousands of euros' worth of fish is auctioned off in Tokyo.

05/01/2018

No Comment

A mammoth goes under the hammer in Lyon

The skeleton of a woolly mammoth has sold at auction for 430,000 euros in Lyon, France

16/12/2017

Germany

Want to live the dream and buy your own Alpine village? Here's how...

The tiny German village of Alwine in Domsdorf goes under the hammer this weekend

09/12/2017

France

15,000-year-old mammoth skeleton heads for auction

'Exceptional specimen' comes armed with 3-metre-long tusks

28/11/2017

Living

Take a look at this 709-carat diamond

A 709-carat diamond found in Sierra Leone is being shown off before it goes on auction in New York.

22/11/2017

France

Rare Tintin work fetches over half a million euros

Rare Tintin work fetches 505,000 euros at auction.

20/11/2017

France

Rare Tintin drawing sells for more than 500,000 euros at Paris auction

The rare artwork was among several items by Belgian artist Hergé to go under the hammer

19/11/2017

USA

Listed: the world’s most-expensive paintings sold at auction

What other works of art have collectors paid millions of euros for?

16/11/2017

USA

Da Vinci painting sells for world record $450m

The price for Da Vinci's portrait of Christ was more than double the previous record.

16/11/2017

Cult

Iconic rock memorabilia goes under the hammer

Memorabilia belonging to some of the 20th Century's biggest icons such as Elvis Presley's pink Cadillac is to go under the hammer in New York.

07/11/2017