Auction
Titanic survivor’s signed life jacket sells for over $900,000
Laura Mabel Francatelli was on Titanic’s lifeboat No. 1, with only eleven other passengers, despite the small vessel's 40-person capacity.
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Forgotten treasure: First-edition Superman comic fetches millions at auction after attic discovery
Titanic tragedy of prominent Jewish couple resurfaces in record auction
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This car sold for $53 million—and that’s not the most impressive part
A legendary 1954 Mercedes was sold for a record-breaking sum for a race car. Here’s why the W 196 R Stromlinienwagen is worth every penny.
500 BCE Spartan warrior's Corinthian Helmet to be auctioned in London
The helmet is 'one of the best preserved specimens' to hit the market in recent years.
Relatives discover priceless Qing vase after couple's passing; sells for £53 million
In the 1970s, a working-class British couple brought the vase to 'Going for a Song', where it was evaluated as a fake by an expert.
Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5 million at Sotheby's auction
Some experts question the tablet's authenticity and its purported dating between 300 and 800 CE.
Ten Commandments tablet: Ancient relic goes to auction
The slab’s text follows traditional Christian and Jewish biblical verses, though without the third commandment admonishing against taking the name of the Lord in vain.
Rare Roman gold coin featuring Marcus Brutus sells for €1.98 million at Geneva auction
There are only 17 known specimens of the aureus that Brutus struck in his own glory.
Rare first edition of Machiavelli's 'The Prince' going up for auction
The Prince, represents Machievelli’s efforts to guide political action based on history’s lessons and his personal experience as a Florence foreign secretary.
Rare 1870 Carson City $20 gold coin sells for $1.44M at California auction
Only 3,789 of these $20 Double Eagle coins were produced, and experts estimate that just 40 to 50 of these rare coins still exist.
Controversial duct-taped banana artwork sells for $6.24 M; crypto-rich buyer plans to eat it
The piece first gained attention when it was presented at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019, where it was originally priced at $120,000.
