Culture news ‘Unheard’ John Lennon recording sells for €50,000 in Copenhagen The cassette tape features a performance that hasn't been listened to in over 50 years, along with an interview conducted by four Danish schoolboys. 28/09/2021
France Big John, the biggest triceratops ever found, goes on display in Paris "On the top of being the biggest specimen in size, it is also very well preserved, up to 60 per cent of the skeleton which is incredible." 02/09/2021
Belarus Medal won by exiled Belarusian sprinter auctioned to support athletes Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's silver medal from the 2019 European Games was sold for €17,800 on eBay to a collector from the United States. 27/08/2021
United Kingdom 'Most expensive' stamp in the world goes on display in London The British Guiana 1c Magenta is the only one of its kind to survive from the former British Colony. 15/07/2021
United Kingdom Stamp auction: British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp goes under the hammer Stamp auction: British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp goes under the hammer 08/06/2021
Romania Romania ex-dictator's plane sold for 120,000 euros With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane belonging to Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet sold in an auction on Thursday. 28/05/2021
USA Einstein's E=MC2 equation letter sets off bidding war at auction The letter from 1946 sold for more than $1.2 million (€1 million) — three times its estimated price. 22/05/2021
United Arab Emirates Charity auction featuring artworks by Mandela raises €8.2 million Art-loving philanthropists dug deep into their pockets to support the 100 Million Meals campaign — the biggest food drive in the MENA region. 06/05/2021
Biztech news Bitcoin and Ethereum will be accepted in Sotheby's Banksy auction While NFTs are growing in popularity, physical artworks have yet to be swept up in the world of cryptocurrencies. Until now, that is. 04/05/2021
Good Morning Europe French government auctions off €28 million worth of Bitcoin Bitcoin crossed the $60,000 (€50 195) mark for the first time in its history on Saturday. 17/03/2021
USA €400,000 15th century Chinese artifact bought for €30 at US yard sale The piece, one of only seven such bowls known to exist in the world, will be up for auction in New York on March 17 as part of Sotheby’s Auction of Important Chinese Art. 03/03/2021
France Unseen Van Gogh goes on display before Sotheby's auction in March The work depicts a rarely seen view of Paris in the nineteenth century. 'Scène de rue à Montmartre' shows how the busy suburb used to be a rural, tranquil place. 25/02/2021
world news Botticelli masterpiece sells for record-breaking $92.2 million The 15th-century portrait achieved the highest ever price for an Old Master painting at Sotheby's. 28/01/2021
Good Morning Europe Tin Tin artwork sells for 2.6m euros at Paris auction The print shows the famous Belgian journalist being scared senseless by a Chinese dragon. 14/01/2021
France Sole-d: Marie-Antoinette's silk shoe auctioned for 40,000 euros The shoe - which belonged to the Queen beheaded in 1793 - sold for four times more than was expected. 15/11/2020
Germany Hitler's handwritten speech notes sold at auction 'above asking price' One speech delivered by the Nazi leader in 1939 is sold despite objections from a European Jewish group 23/10/2020
no comment Rare Allosaurus dinosaur skeleton sells for €3 million at auction The structure was fairly intact as more than 70% of the skeleton put up for auction is made from the creature's real fossilized bones, skull, teeth and claws. 14/10/2020
Poland Belongings of 'The Pianist' Wladyslaw Szpilman up for auction A fountain pen, silver pocket watch and other prized possessions of the late Jewish-Polish composer Wladyslaw Szpilman go under the hammer in Warsaw next week. 19/09/2020
no comment One of the largest T-rex skeletons set to go up for auction It could fetch up to €6.7 million. 17/09/2020
United Kingdom Gandhi's glasses sell for nearly €300,000 at UK auction They were found in a mailbox left "by a gentleman whose uncle had received them from Gandhi himself", the Bristol auction house said. 22/08/2020
Cult Kurt Cobain's iconic guitar sells for €5.4 million The instrument was used by the Nirvana frontman in his 1993 MTV Unplugged set, one of Cobain's last appearances before he died. 21/06/2020
Culture news Eighteenth century bottle of Cognac sells for over €130,000 The bottle, known as "Grand Frere", was produced in 1762 by Maison Gautier in France. 29/05/2020
United Arab Emirates UK artists take pulp fiction to the Arab world Renowned artists, the Connor Brothers, highlight how humour can be used to help discuss sensitive topics. They maintain this ethos whilst taking their artwork to the Arab world. 20/05/2020
France Mona Lisa made from Rubik's Cubes sells for €480,000 The work, made with 330 Rubik's Cubes, is by the French artist Invader. 24/02/2020
View Deploying innovative technology could help combat the dark art of money laundering ǀ View The battle against dirty money is far from over. But adopting innovative technologies to follow money trails could be the solution to ending money laundering in Europe. 11/02/2020
USA Shakespeare's First Folio: Rare 1623 collection goes under the hammer Only six of these famous texts are in private hands, and one of them is about to go to auction. 15/01/2020
