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David Lynch auction: More than 450 personal items go under the hammer
Fancy owning a little piece of Twin Peaks or ‘Mulholland Drive’? The auction includes Lynch’s director’s chair, rugs from Twin Peaks, plenty of coffee paraphernalia and the director’s personal 35mm print of ‘Eraserhead’...
Pink diamond with ties to Marie Antoinette’s daughter heads to auction
A rare 10.38-carat pink diamond with ties to Marie Antoinette’s daughter is going up for auction at Christie's in New York in June and could fetch up to $5 million (€4.4m).
Pink diamond linked to French royalty expected to sell for millions
A rare pink diamond with ties to European royalty is set to be auctioned in New York next month, with estimates reaching up to €4.6 million.
Lincoln's blood-stained gloves fetch over €6 million at rare auction
Items worn by President Abraham Lincoln the night he was assassinated have fetched more than €6 million at an auction to pay off a 20-year-old debt incurred by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation.
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Auction of historical Buddha gems postponed after India backlash
Sotheby’s in Hong Kong postponed an auction of gems with ties to early Buddhism after backlash from India’s government, which said the jewels were the country's religious and cultural heritage.
Set of first edition Shakespeare plays to sell at auction next month
Today is The Bard's 461st birthday and Sotheby's auction house has announced the sale of a set of First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios.
Freddie Mercury's sister spent £3m buying back brother's possessions
Kashmira Bulsara spent a fortune on the biggest auction of the Queen star's belongings.
Multi-million Frank Lloyd Wright lamp to be auctioned
The lamp could be the most expensive ever sold from the legendary designer.
Lichtenstein pop art masterpieces head to auction for the first time
Forty works spanning four decades of Roy Lichtenstein’s career will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York next month, expected to fetch over $35 million (€30.8 million).
Rare painting by Emily Brontë purchased by museum
The painting is expected to join the Brontë Parsonage Museum's permanent display.
Paris Olympics memorabilia auction raises more than €200,000
Items sold include Olympic torches, costumes and accessories from the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. All proceeds will be donated to charity.
E.T. is going home… to the highest bidder in a Sotheby's auction
An original three-foot E.T. model, created by special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, is up for auction at Sotheby’s, with bids running until 3 April.
Blink-182 frontman sells Banksy at auction for €5.2 million
After the death of Jack Vettriano, the painter who inspired the original, Blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has sold his Banksy painting for £4.3 million (€5.2 million) at a London auction.
Chappell Roan and Dave Grohl memorabilia sold at LA wildfire auction
Outfits, instruments and memorabilia were auctioned off as part of the Give A Frock campaign to raise money for those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.
Christie’s AI art auction sparks controversy amid artist protests
Christie’s AI art auction sparks controversy as 6,000 artists protest over copyright concerns. Despite the backlash, the auction continued, further fuelling the debate on AI creativity.
A treasured Banksy owned by a member of Blink-182 is up for auction
The artwork, a satirical take on environmental damage, will be sold at Sotheby’s next month, with some proceeds going to victims of the LA wildfires.
Christie’s to host groundbreaking auction featuring only AI art
Christie’s is holding a sale dedicated entirely to art created with artificial intelligence – the first of its kind to be held at a major auction house.
One of the world’s finest violins just sold for $11.3 million
A rare 1714 Stradivarius violin, once played at the premiere of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, sold for $11.3 million (€10.96m) at Sotheby’s - falling short of a record-breaking bid but still marking a historic sale.
Rare vintage cars at Paris' Grand Palais for Bonhams' auction
Collectors and enthusiasts gather at Paris's Grand Palais to admire 100 classic cars, including a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM, ahead of Bonhams' auction on 6 February 2025.
Fancy bidding for a locket of Leonard Cohen’s hair?
There are some interesting items belonging to the late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen going under the hammer at the end of February - including a locket which contains a piece of his hair inside...