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.

A life-preserver of Laura Mabel Francatelli, a survivor of the Titanic disaster is displayed before the auction of Maritime Models and Maritime Pictures at Christie's Auction House in West London, 16 May 2007.
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A rare first edition copy of a Superman comic, forgotten for many years in an attic, sold for more than $9 million at a Texas auction house, making it reportedly the most expensive comic ever sold.

Forgotten treasure: First-edition Superman comic fetches millions at auction after attic discovery

 Digital art of the RMS Titanic at sunset.

Titanic tragedy of prominent Jewish couple resurfaces in record auction


Items connected to Leo Frank lynching to be auctioned in Jerusalem

The bulk of the collection consists of various legal documents and correspondence related to the ADL's initiative aiming to exonerate Leo Frank which began roughly seventy years after his murder.

The collection includes: a "Souvenir postcard" with photo showing Frank's hanged body shortly after the lynching, a booklet issued by the Rhodes' Colossus factory of Atlanta in support of Leo Frank, 20 copies of letters and memoranda pertaining to efforts to clear Frank's name and more.

Smallest known medieval Hebrew manuscript auctioned off in Jerusalem

The manuscript was constructed from a single piece of parchment which was cut into roundels at 5.5 centimeters in diameter alone.

 One of the pieces on which a section of the Passover Haggadah was written in the smallest known Hebrew manuscript.

Famed psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s unknown letters to be auctioned in Jerusalem

While most of the letters discussed issues regarding psychiatry, Jung appeared to be intrigued by the Hebrew language and Jewish texts in some of the letters. 

 Photo of Carl Jung.

Rare first edition Hebrew book describing 'the New World' to be auctioned in Jerusalem

The book contains the signature of Ish Ger on its title page, final leaf and other places.

 Rare first edition Hebrew book describing 'the New World' to be auctioned in Jerusalem

Lost Dorothy dress from 'The Wizard of Oz' to hit auction block

It was lost after being donated to a Catholic university in 1973.

 Judy Garland-worn "Dorothy" dress from The Wizard of Oz to be auctioned in Los Angeles

 'Russian warship, f**k you!' stamps signed by Snake Island defender auctioned

"Russian warship actually went and f***ed itself as recommended," wrote the official Ukraine Twitter account, advertising the auction.

Russian missile cruiser Moskva is moored in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, May 10, 2013.

Neil Gaiman to auction off NFT of film-adaptation of poem for Afghan aid

All proceeds of the auction will be donated to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help the many Afghans who were displaced following the Taliban takeover.

 Neil Gaiman.

Nobel Prize won by Kindertransport survivor auctioned for nearly $500K

The Nobel Prize was awarded to Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of the density-functional theory.

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Walter Kohn in 1998 was sold at auction for $457,531.

RBG’s library being auctioned online, includes more than 30 Jewish books

The auction includes everything from her law school textbooks to copies of celebrity memoirs and books by her fellow Supreme Court justices.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at her induction into The National Museum of American Jewish History’s Only In America Gallery in Philadelphia, December 19, 2019.

Tarantino's first NFT sold at auction for $1.1 million

Tel Aviv resident Tarantino, who is married to Israeli singer Daniella Pick, has turned seven chapters from his Oscar-winning film into “one-of-a-kind NFT publications.”

 Tarantino & Guy & Nir Zyskind.