auction

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>

Jeff Beck's $1.2M Guitar Collection Going Up for Auction

Christie's is selling rock icon's storied axes on Jan. 22

(Newser) - Some of the most iconic guitars in rock history are going on display in London before they go under the hammer at auction, reports the AP . Auctioneer Christie's held a preview on Tuesday for the collection of the late Jeff Beck, who died in January 2023 at age 78....

Dylan Artifacts Include Song Drafts
Dylan Artifacts
Are Up for Bidding
Jan 12, 2025 10:00 AM CST

Dylan Artifacts Are Up for Bidding

Three drafts of 'Mr. Tambourine Man' are included

(Newser) - A collection of 50 artifacts dating to early in Bob Dylan's career—including three drafts of his song "Mr. Tambourine Man," his first No. 1 hit in the US—will be open to bidders this month. Julien's Auctions is handling the sale of items from the...

Fish as Big as a Grizzly Sells for $1.3M
Fish as Big as a
Grizzly Sells for $1.3M
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 12, 2025 6:31 AM CST

Fish as Big as a Grizzly Sells for $1.3M

Toyosu market's first auction of the year took place Sunday

(Newser) - It's as long as a motorcycle and weighs just as much, but it sold for far more. The annual new year auction of a bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu market went to a familiar name on Sunday: Michelin-starred sushi chain operator the Onodera Group, which won the auction...

'One in a Billion' Egg Fetches $250 at Auction

Charity initially thought donation of 'almost perfectly spherical' egg was a joke

(Newser) - A man who bought a "one in a billion" egg on an auction site after having a few pints in his local pub ended up using it to do some good. In August, Ed Pownall of Lambourn in Berkshire, England, paid $187 for the egg, which was described by...

Tablet Inscribed With 9 Commandments Sold for $5M

That's more than double Sotheby's estimate

(Newser) - A stone tablet inscribed with nine of the Ten Commandments sold at auction for $5 million on Wednesday, more than double Sotheby's presale estimate. The 115-pound slab with Paleo-Hebrew writing fetched a high price despite some doubts about its provenance, AFP reports. Sotheby's said it dated from 300...

World Series Grab by 10-Year-Old Brings $1.56M

Bidding for ball hit by Freddie Freeman goes late into the night before a walk-off winner

(Newser) - Like the World Series game that a hobbled Freddie Freeman ended with a walk-off grand slam in October, the auction for the ball he hit went late into the night on Saturday. When the bidders' back-and-forth finally ended, 2½ hours after the deadline set by SCP Auctions, the price had...

Most Infamous Pair of Ruby Slippers Is Up for Auction
Dorothy Gale's Slippers
Bring a Record $28M
updated
Dec 8, 2024 2:14 PM CST

Dorothy Gale's Slippers Bring a Record $28M

Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz shoes were stolen from a Minnesota museum

(Newser) - There's a winning bid for the ruby slippers made famous by Judy Garland/Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, then stolen and found: $28 million. Heritage Auctions had predicted they'd draw maybe $3 million, but the bidding blew past that in the first few seconds Saturday, the AP...

Building Sale Includes a 'Most Beloved' Banksy Work

5-story building in artist's hometown of Bristol comes with 'Well Hung Lover' painted on the side

(Newser) - Banksy's Well Hung Lover imagines a window where there isn't one. On the exterior wall of a building near the city center in the artist's hometown of Bristol, England, the work shows a scantily-clad woman behind an angry man in a suit, who peers out the window,...

Gift to Carpathia Captain After Titanic Rescue Brings $2M

Madeleine Astor and two other survivors presented the gift to Capt. Arthur Rostron

(Newser) - A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction in London for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia connected to the shipwreck. The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron...

Not the Onion: Infowars Has Sold to the Onion
The Onion
Just Bought
Alex Jones'
Infowars
updated
Nov 14, 2024 4:43 PM CST

The Onion Just Bought Alex Jones' Infowars

Judge orders hearing into satire site's deal to buy right-wing conspiracy site in bankruptcy auction

(Newser) - In what reads like a headline you might read at the Onion, Alex Jones' Infowars, a right-wing conspiracy-and-vitamin-hawking site, has been sold in bankruptcy proceedings to, well, the Onion. Jones isn't taking the not-fake news well, posting on X that "I just got word 15 minutes ago that...

Pair of Porcelain Jars Sells for $12.5M

Rare Ming dynasty jars with covers smash the $1M Sotheby's estimate

(Newser) - A pair of beautiful ceramic jars dating back to China's Ming dynasty were expected to sell for around $1 million at a Sotheby's auction in London on Wednesday. But the bids kept climbing, and when the hammer finally fell, the 16th-century artifacts had topped the $12 million mark....

'Entirely Unique' Whisky Sells at Auction for $67K

Specially designed bottle of Glenlivet scotch emerged from Chivas, Sotheby's partnership

(Newser) - A partnership between Chivas Brothers and Sotheby's to sell off an "entirely unique and bespoke whisky and decanter" has led to the purchase of said whisky for more than $67,500. Quartz reports that the "one-of-a-kind" 55-year-old bottle of Glenlivet Scotch was scooped up at auction on...

Laurence Olivier's Nose Will Soon Be Up for Grabs

The prosthetic one he donned for 1955's Richard III is headed for the auction block

(Newser) - The prosthetic schnoz that Laurence Olivier donned to play the title role in 1955's Richard III is so famous that it's appeared on lists of "best/worst fake noses in cinema history." Now, the costume nose is headed for the auction block next month, part of a...

Price of the $120K Duct-Taped Banana Has Gone Up

Maurizio Cattelan's piece is heading to auction; Sotheby's says it'll fetch $1M to $1.5M

(Newser) - If you thought that selling banana duct-taped to a wall as "art" for $120,000 was—let's just go for the low-hanging fruit here—bananas, well, Sotheby's would like you to know the price has gone up. The Art Newspaper tackles next month's scheduled auction:
  • The
...

Ohtani's Historic Baseball Sells for More Than Any Ball Ever

But who owns the baseball is still being worked out

(Newser) - Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball has sold at auction for nearly $4.4 million—though who the ball belonged to originally isn't exactly clear. Regardless, the item fetched a record high price not just for a baseball, but for any ball in any sport, the auctioneer said...

Robot Artist's Painting Could Fetch Big Dough

Ai-Da's portrait of Alan Turing is expected to sell for up to $180K at Sotheby's auction next month

(Newser) - At just 5 years old, she's already given a Ted Talk , served as an artist in residence at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival, and seen her artwork displayed at the United Nations. Now, the artist known as Ai-Da will make history at Sotheby's with the auction house's first...

Rare Copy of Constitution in Filing Cabinet Sells for $9M

Document said to be the only privately owned copy of the US Constitution was printed 237 years ago

(Newser) - A rare copy of the US Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for $9 million at an auction Thursday evening in North Carolina. Brunk Auctions sold the document, the only copy of its type thought to be privately owned, at a...

A Piece of Game of Thrones History Could Be Yours
Someone Just
Paid $1.49M
for the
Iron Throne
UPDATED
Oct 14, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

Someone Just Paid $1.49M for the Iron Throne

Hundreds of props from HBO's classic Game of Thrones sold on the auction block

(Newser) - Game of Thrones fans came out in droves over the weekend to bid on more than 900 costumes, props, and other items from the series in an auction that raked in $21.1 million, the AP reports. The top-dollar item was the very thing the characters in the series vied...

Interested in Buying Infowars? You'll Have Competition

Both Alex Jones' supporters and enemies are apparently vying to buy his site at auction

(Newser) - Alex Jones owes more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook victims, the result of their defamation and emotional distress lawsuits against him for spreading conspiracy theories related to the 2012 massacre. Bidders are already champing at the bit to scoop up the assets he needs to sell...

Guy on Smashing Taylor Swift Guitar: It Was Just a Joke

But it wasn't a guitar signed by Swift

(Newser) - The Texas man who spent $4,000 on a guitar at a charity auction only to immediately smash it says the whole thing was "just a joke" and not at all "malicious," though he also confirmed to NBC News that he's a Donald Trump supporter, and...

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>
Most Read on Newser