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USA

Neil Armstrong's 'space bag' sells for 1.5 million dollars

A bag said to have been used by US astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first samples of moon dust back to Earth has been sold to an anonymous bidder for 1.8 million US dollars.

21/07/2017

USA

Neil Armstrong's space bag expected to fetch millions at auction

Neil Armstrong's space bag expected to fetch millions at auction

20/07/2017

Romania

Nazi Enigma machine fetches thousands for canny collector

€100 fleamarket find sells for €45,000

12/07/2017

Cult

A rare Picasso sold for £34,885,000 / €39,570,000

A never-before-seen at auction painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso sold for £34,885,000 / €39,570,000

28/06/2017

Cult

Saturday Night Fever dance floor for sale

The dance floor that lit up in red, blue and yellow in rhythm to the music

26/06/2017

France

"Andrómeda" de Rodin atinge mais de 3,6 milhões de euros em leilão

Um dos cinco exemplares da escultura de Auguste Rodin, "Andrómeda" foi vendida num leilão em Paris por mais de 3,6 milhões de euros

30/05/2017

USA

Sold! Basquiat 'skull' canvas goes for 84 million euros at 'electrifying' auction

A painting by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has become the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

USA

How Jean-Michel Basquiat went from misfit to America's most expensive artist

A painting by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for more than $100 million becoming the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

World News

'La Légende' heart-shaped diamond up for auction

Dazzling jewels are going under the hammer at Christie’s Geneva – including the biggest heart-shaped diamond ever up for auction, dangling from a pearl necklace.

12/05/2017

USA

Nearly 20-year-old McDonald's sauce sells for $14,700 USD

A packet of McDonald’s Szechuan dipping sauce from 1998 sold in an online auction after a $14,700 USD bid.

21/04/2017

United Kingdom

Rare diamond auction: tears of the gods for sale

The most valuable diamond earrings to ever be put up for auction are on display in London. A super-rare blue one is called Apollo and Artemis is pink.

10/04/2017

China

Pink Star diamond sets new world record

The world’s most expensive pink diamond has sold at Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong for a world record price of around 66.

04/04/2017

Netherlands

Anne Frank poem auctioned for 140,000 euros

A poem handwritten by Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank has sold for a high price at auction.

23/11/2016

France

Tintin moon drawing sells for record €1.55 million in Paris

An original artwork by the late Belgian cartoonist Hergé of his hero Tintin and friends has sold for €1.

19/11/2016

World News

Rare blue diamond up for auction

A rare "fancy, vivid blue diamond" ring is on display in Geneva, ahead of an auction next week where it is expected to fetch up to 25 million US dollars.

09/11/2016

Cult

David Bowie's personal art collection on sale at Sotheby's

The much mourned David Bowie, who died in January, was an avid art collector.

26/09/2016

Greece

Media shakeup: Greece raises €246m with sale of four TV licences

The winners have been announced in the great Greek TV sell-off, with four companies winning bids for television channels in an unprecedented auction.

02/09/2016

USA

Items from Muhammad Ali's life to be auctioned

Nearly 80 items closely linked to the life of Muhammad Ali who died earlier this year are being auctioned.

20/08/2016

Cult

Bjork's unique stage attire up for auction

Bjork's unique stage outfits are going under the hammer in London in the coming weeks.

06/06/2016

Sport

Pele collection to go under the hammer

Pele’s footballing life is to go under the hammer next week at an auction in London.

01/06/2016