LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The NBA basketball jersey given to Michael Jordan on the day in 1984 when he first signed with the Chicago Bulls will go up for auction in December, Julien’s Auctions announced on Monday. The red and white jersey emblazoned with Jordan’... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Works by Rembrandt, Miro and Picasso are being offered to entice life back to the auction world next week when Sotheby’s holds its first face-to-face sale since the coronavirus in London with a line-up from the Renaissance to the European Av... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s largest lunar meteorites goes on private sale at Christie’s on Thursday, valued at 2 million pounds ($2.49 million). The moon rock, weighing over 13.5 kg, was probably struck off the surface of the moon by a collision with... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Artist Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to The Beatles’ hit song “Hey Jude” sold for $910,000 on Friday, nine times its original estimate, auction house Julien’s Auctions said. A vintage bass drumhead with The Beatles’ logo that was use... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Tamara de Lempicka’s “Portrait de Marjorie Ferry” is expected to fetch up to 12 million pounds ($16 million) when it comes up for auction in London next week. The painting was commissioned in 1932 by the husband of British-born cabaret star ... More »
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Twenty-one vehicles owned by the late actor Paul Walker, who starred in the popular “Fast and Furious” movie franchise, sold for a combined $2.33 million during spirited bidding at an annual car auction in Arizona, officials said. The colle... More »
(Reuters) – Babe Ruth may have died more than 70 years ago, but the baseball slugger is still turning out big numbers. The bat he used to hit his 500th home run in 1929 has sold for $1,000,800, officials for SCP Auctions announced on Sunday. The bat, a gift fr... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – A painting by French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in a Paris auction on Tuesday. “Te Bourao II”, which depicts a stream with birds and flowers in a rich palette of blues and greens, was pain... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – A rare portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sold for 4 million euros on Wednesday at Christie’s in Paris, rocketing past the auction house’s presale estimate of 800,000-1.2 million euros. The artwork, one of four portraits of the Austrian comp... More »
(Reuters) – Babe Ruth is poised to hit another home run, only this time on the sports memorabilia market when the bat he used to slug No. 500 nearly a century ago hits the auction block on Wednesday. Known as the “Sultan of Swat” during a storied Major League ... More »
(Reuters) – A pair of Batman and Robin outfits, described as the only known complete costumes worn on the 1960s television show, is going up for auction in Los Angeles and the owner is determined that his childhood comic book heroes stay together. The costumes... More »
(Reuters) – A 1939 comic book that introduced Marvel characters for the first time sold for a record $1.26 million at auction, Dallas-based auctioneer Heritage Auctions said on Thursday. “Marvel Comics No. 1” features the first appearances of characters includ... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – A miniature manuscript written by the teenage Charlotte Bronte is returning to her childhood home in West Yorkshire after it was bought by a British museum at auction in Paris. The Bronte Parsonage Museum bid 780,000 euros ($862,600) for the ... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – A rare portrait of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be sold by British auction house Christie’s on Nov. 27 in Paris at an estimated price of between 800,000 euros and 1.2 million euros ($882,000-$1.32 million). The artwork, one ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Olivia Newton-John’s tight black pants and leather jacket from the movie “Grease” sold for $405,700 at a Beverly Hills auction on Saturday, more than double the expected price, Julien’s Auctions said. The outfit that marked the transiti... More »
SENLIS, France (Reuters) – A long-lost painting by 13th century Italian master Cimabue that was found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman was sold for 24 million euros ($26.6 million), more than four times the pre-auction estimate, auction Acteon house s... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A large Banksy painting depicting primates sitting in Britain’s parliament sold for more than $12 million on Thursday, a record price at auction for a work by the secretive British street artist, according to Sotheby’s. “Devolved Parliament”... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – A painting by French post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin is to be sold in Paris in December in an auction expected to fetch at least 5 million euros ($5.48 million). The oil on canvas titled “Te Bourao II” and believed to have been create... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rare Darth Vader mask and helmet worn in one of the early “Star Wars” movies goes up for auction in Los Angeles later this month, along with a pair of Harry Potter’s signature glasses. Two “Titanic” costumes, worn by stars Kate Winsle... More »
(Reuters) – A collection of 27 outfits worn by Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland is going up for auction next month, some of which she wore on screen during her acting career more than 50 years ago. The Sept. 17 online auction at Chicago-based Hindman also ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Three limited-edition bottles of Heinz Tomato Ketchup based on the tattoos of British songwriter Ed Sheeran, a dedicated fan of the condiment, sold at auction in London on Thursday, with one going under the hammer for 1,500 pounds ($1,816). ... More »
(Reuters) – A pair of 1972 running shoes, one of the first pairs made by Nike Inc, sold for $437,500 on Tuesday, shattering the record for a pair of sneakers at public auction. The so-called Nike “Moon Shoe,” designed by Nike co-founder and track coach Bill Bo... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Move over Monet. Nike is hot on your heels. Sotheby’s in New York announced on Thursday its first-ever auction dedicated to sneakers, underlining their fast-growing status as collectibles able to command tens of thousands of dollars. Sothe... More »
(Reuters) – A one-time NASA intern who bought a truckload of videotapes to resell them may end up a millionaire next month when Sotheby’s auctions what it says is the only surviving original recording of man’s first steps on the moon 50 years ago. In the years... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Abstract paintings depicting the female form by Pablo Picasso and Fernand Leger are expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars at auction when they go under the hammer next week, according to Christie’s auction house. “Femme dans un faute... More »
(Reuters) – A 1986 “Rabbit” sculpture by American pop artist Jeff Koons sold for $91.1 million in New York on Wednesday, a record price for a work by a living artist, Christie’s auction house said. The playful, stainless steel, 41 in (104 cm) high rabbit, rega... More »
(Reuters) – The detailed manual used by U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the moon in 1969 is going up for auction in July and could fetch up to $9 million, New York auctioneers Christie’s said on Wednesday. The 44-page ring-bound Apoll... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investment firm Starboard Value has taken a new position in KAR Auction Services, the firm’s founder Jeffrey Smith said at a conference on Tuesday. He called the company’s valuation “compelling” at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive S... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 170 art works from George Michael’s private collection go on sale in an online auction from Friday to raise money for philanthropic causes the late British singer and songwriter had supported. The collection includes works by leadi... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A computer-generated portrait of a face that will change and mutate forever is among the works that went on display in London on Friday ahead of a major art auction next week. While paintings by Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquia... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – The pictures – three anemic watercolours showing a mountain scene, a river and a distant figure sat beneath a tree – are little different from wares on sale at flea markets the world over, except for the autograph scratched in the corner: “A... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A sketchbook revealing early costume designs for Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and other “Star Wars” characters is expected to sell for more than 100,000 pounds ($130,000) at auction in London next week. The colored pencil sketches, drawn by O... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the first “Star Wars” film – one of the most iconic movie weapons – is going up for auction in Los Angeles next week and could fetch up to $200,000. Auctioneers Profiles in History said on Monday it also... More »
(Reuters) – Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for $855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday. Sotheby’s auction house said the “moon rocks” are the only known documented lunar matter in private hands. ... More »
(This November 27 story corrects to make clear Disneyland is in California) PARIS (Reuters) – A piece of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s most famous attraction, was sold for 169,000 euros ($190,885) on Tuesday, a spokesman for auct... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For years, Dumbo the Flying Elephant hung from his living room ceiling, a Mr. Toad Wild Ride car was parked in his library and Bashful’s cart from Snow White’s Scary Adventures sat on his front lawn in suburban California. Now collector... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A nude painting by Lucian Freud has sold for $29 million dollars at auction, the highest price paid for one of the British figurative artist’s works in London, according to auction house Sotheby’s. Freud, who died in 2011, painted “Portrait ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A portrait of one of Picasso’s muses and a prized painting of a Paris train station by Claude Monet go under the hammer in London next week, leading a sale of impressionist and modern art works. Monet’s “Gare Saint-Lazare, Vue exterieure” is... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The original map of the Hundred Acre Wood from the Winnie-the-Pooh children’s stories is set to go under the hammer, with an estimate price tag of up to $200,000. The ink sketch drawn by E.H. Shepard in 1926 lays out the much-loved fictional... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A nude portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for $157.2 million at Sotheby’s on Monday, achieving the 4th-highest price for any work of art at auction but failing to set a new record for the artist. Sotheby’s had estimated “Nu couché (sur le ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle inches closer, public hunger for all things royal will get its dessert as decades-old slices of cake from British royal weddings – including those of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and Prin... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of the most iconic movie weapons in “Star Wars” history – Han Solo’s hero blaster – is going up for auction in June and could fetch up to $500,000, Julien’s Auctions said on Thursday. The hero blaster gun, used by Harrison Ford in t... More »
(Reuters) – A first edition of John James Audubon’s “The Birds of America,” one of the most celebrated books of natural history, is going up for auction in New York in June and could fetch up to $12 million, Christie’s said on Wednesday. The richly illustrated... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreign investors and central banks purchased fewer U.S. Treasuries in late March when the government sold a record high $294 billion of debt securities, Treasury Department data released on Monday showed. Market attention to foreign holdi... More »
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A Roman-style chariot, gold Rolex watch, leather jock strap and a 128-year-old violin that all belonged to Australian actor Russell Crowe have been sold in an auction that reaped in more than $2.8 million dollars. The auction titled ‘The ... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – An oil portrait believed to have been painted by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler of a little-known former lover will go under the hammer next week with an asking price of 60,000 euros ($74,000), a German auction house said on Thursday. The 63 x 4... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – A landscape painting by Dutch impressionist Vincent Van Gogh that went on display in Paris on Wednesday is expected to fetch between 3-5 million euros ($3.7-$6.1 million) when it is auctioned in June. The auction of the oil painting, entitled... More »
DUBAI (Reuters) – A rare gold watch once owned by Egypt’s King Farouk is expected to fetch $400,000 to $800,000 when it auctions this week at Christie’s in Dubai. Made in 1944 and embossed with old Egyptian royal crest, the Patek Philippe 1518 with perpetual c... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Paintings by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte will be displayed by Sotheby’s in Brussels this week among dozens of rare art works before being sold at auction. Belgian impressionist Theo van Rysselberghe’s “Canal en Flandre” will be shown ... More »
FILE PHOTO – “Salvator Mundi,” an ethereal portrait of Jesus Christ which dates to about 1500, the last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting, is on display for the media at Christie’s auction in New York, NY, U.S., October 10, 2017. Courtesy Christie’s N... More »
FILE PHOTO: A model poses with a 37.30 carat “The Raj Pink”, the world’s largest known fancy intense pink diamond, during a Sotheby’s preview in Geneva, Switzerland November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) – A large pink diamond, r... More »
FILE PHOTO: Members of Christie’s staff pose for pictures next to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” painting which will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York in November, in London, Britain October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leon... More »
An auctioneer displays a gold laurel leaf from French Emperor Napoleon’s imperial crown at the office of the Osenat auction house in Paris, France, November 15, 2017. The leaf will go under the hammer on Sunday and is expected to fetch between 100,000 and 150,... More »
Rock singer Neil Young is selling some of his most prized possessions - part of his model train collection. More »
Strapped for cash in a Tokyo hotel, Albert Einstein wrote his take on life on a note and handed it to the bellboy instead of a tip. The physicist's formula for happy living fetched $1.3 million on Tuesday, a Jerusalem auction house said. More »
The Pink Raj, an intense pink diamond described by experts as the world's largest, is expected to fetch up to $30 million when it is auctioned in Geneva next month. More »
A nearly 900-year-old porcelain Song dynasty bowl smashed the world auction record for Chinese ceramics on Tuesday, selling for HK$294.3 million ($37.68 million) at a Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong. More »
A 163.41-carat flawless white diamond found last year in Angola will go to auction in Geneva on Nov. 14, global auction house Christie's said on Thursday. More »
Christie's sold nearly $15 million worth of art at its autumn auction in Shanghai on Sunday, with a painting by abstract master Zao Wou-ki fetching more than $5 million. More »
Investment funds purchased record amounts of longer-dated U.S. government debt during the quarterly refunding conducted in early August, according to Treasury Department data available going back to 2000. More »
The Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return Bag used by astronaut Neil Armstrong is displayed for Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2017. The long-lost bag used by U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring back to Earth the fi... More »
Large investment managers bought $10.969 billion at a 2-year note auction held in June, compared with the $11.397 billion they purchased the previous month, data from the U.S. Treasury Department released on Monday showed. More »
A sign is pictured outside Christie’s auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse As auction powerhouses Christie’s and Sotheby’s gear up for their New York spring sales, hopes are high that a host of major works the likes ... More »
People pass by a T-Mobile store in the Brooklyn borough of New York June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) bid $8 billion and Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) $6.2 billion to win the bulk of broadcast airwaves spectrum for sale in a governme... More »
FILE PHOTO – An employee poses with artist Andy Warhol’s artwork ”Mao” at Sotheby’s auction house in London January 29, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong has sold for $12.6 million at a Hong Kong ... More »
From lavish clocks to marble top tables, more than 700 lots including art, silver pieces and furniture belonging to late businessman and collector Robert de Balkany will go under the hammer this week at an auction in London. More »
French Beatles specialist and collector Jacques Volcouve, one of the world’s greatest living experts of the band, poses with the ‘ Yesterday And today ‘ and ‘From Me To You’ covers at Drouot auction house in Paris, March 16, 2017, a part of the 15,000 items go... More »
From the coral necklace worn by Vivien Leigh in “Gone With The Wind” to Marilyn Monroe’s gold and pearl drop earrings from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” the glittering adornments made for Hollywood’s stars will go up for auction this year. More »
Workers pose with Gustav Klimt’s ”Bauerngarten (Blumengarten)” ahead of an upcoming sale at Sotheby’s auction house, in London, Britain February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files A painting of flowers by Gustav Klimt sold in London for 48 million pounds (... More »
An undated image handed out by Mallams shows a catalogue photograph of items from one of the world’s largest collections of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ memorabilia, featuring over 3,000 items, which were sold at the Oxford auction house for around 70,000 pounds ($88... More »
A copy of ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’, handwritten and illustrated by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, is displayed at Sotheby’s auction house in London, Britain December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh “Harry Potter” fans will be able to bid for a piece of his... More »
A man hangs a sign as artist Frida Kahlo’s painting ‘Nina Con Collar’ sits on an easel at Sotheby’s auction house in New York U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “Nina con Collar,” an early painting whose whereabouts... More »
Investors who are uneasy about inflation from possible tax cuts and federal spending under a Trump administration on Thursday scooped up a hefty chunk of the $11 billion of 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities the government offered. More »
A man hangs a sign as artist Frida Kahlo’s painting ‘Nina Con Collar’ sits on an easel at Sotheby’s auction house in New York U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton A Frida Kahlo painting that has never been publicly exhibited and whose whereabouts... More »
A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments is seen in this photo released in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 21, 2016. Courtesy Heritage Auctions/Handout via REUTERS A stone tablet thought to ... More »
Elvis Presley’s purple sunglasses and a signed Beatles LP are among the musical memorabilia that will go under the hammer at a rock and roll auction in Los Angeles next month. More »
A man talks on his mobile phone in the village of Devmali in the desert state of Rajasthan, India June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Himanshu Sharma India started its biggest ever telecoms airwaves auction on Saturday, receiving 535.31 billion rupees ($8.04 billion) worth... More »
A graffiti-covered fragment of the Berlin Wall signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shown in this image released by Christie’s Auctions in New York, U.S. on September 23, 2016. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2016/Handout via REUTERS A chunk of the Berlin Wall and... More »
Belongings and the iconic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ belt of late boxing champion Muhammad Ali are displayed for auction at Heritage Auctions house in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 19, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Muhammad Ali’s 1974 WBC heavyweight championshi... More »
WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that 62 bidders have made upfront payments in a forthcoming wireless spectrum auction, including AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Dish Network, T-Mobile US and Comcast Corp. The auction ... More »
LONDON Two still life works by Pablo Picasso painted on the same day are among offerings at an upcoming London auction that also features works by Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Picasso’s “Nature morte” and “Nature morte aux ... More »
LOS ANGELES Fans of the late Joan Rivers will have the chance to buy items from the acerbic comedian’s New York home at an auction later this year, auctioneers Christie’s said on Tuesday. Pieces of art, jewelry, furniture and clothing will be among the 200-plu... More »
PARIS Five small bronze statues by French 19th century sculptor Auguste Rodin will be auctioned in Paris next week, including a cast of his celebrated “The Kiss”, which is estimated at 1.5 to 2 million euros ($1.70-2.27 million). The five statues, to be sold b... More »
A drum kit played by Ringo Starr on recordings of some of the Beatles’ early hits has been purchased by the owner of a National Football League team for $2.2 million, according to the U.S. auction house that managed the sale. Starr used the Ludwig Oyster Black... More »
NEW YORK A Lucian Freud portrait of Andrew Parker Bowles – the ex-husband of Prince Charles’ wife Camilla – sold for $34.9 million at Christie’s on Tuesday as contemporary works by artists from Andy Warhol to Louise Bourgeois drew strong prices and spirited bi... More »
NEW YORK A Modigliani nude painting was sold to an unnamed Chinese buyer at Christie’s on Monday for $170.4 million, the second-highest price ever for a work of art at auction, as deep-pocketed collectors continue to pay, and pay big, for some rare masterpiece... More »
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission chief on Wednesday said 21st Century Fox Inc Chief Executive James Murdoch has told him the company planned to participate in the 2016 spectrum auction that hinges on broadcasters selling their airwaves. “I’ve talked ... More »
LONDON The piano used to play the glissando that kicks off ABBA’s disco hit “Dancing Queen” will be one of the star attractions at a rock and pop auction at Sotheby’s next month where it is expected to sell for up to 800,000 pounds ($1.24 million). The instrum... More »
LOS ANGELES A large street mural painted on a derelict Detroit auto factory by elusive British artist Banksy is going up for auction in Beverly Hills and could fetch up to $400,000 dollars for a local non-profit group, Julien’s Auctions said on Wednesday. The ... More »
LONDON Andy Warhol’s “One Dollar”, the first in his dollar bill series, fetched 20.9 million pounds ($32.4 million) at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, the top-seller in what the auction house said was its highest ever total sales for an auction of contemporary art in ... More »
