3 h. ago Roger Moore's favourite Bond car is currently being auctioned... and it's NOT an Aston Martin

One of six genuine film cars from the 1981 Bond movie For Your Eyes Only is being sold in an online auction after being recovered from a scrapyard. And it could go for $500k.

Politics

5 h. ago Race horse sculpture by Sir Alfred Munnings to be sold at auction

The bronze tabletop artwork of Brown Jack is expected to fetch up to £300,000.

Politics

26 h. ago David Lynch memorabilia including scripts and props sell for more than £3m

More than 450 items of memorabilia linked to the American director were sold in Los Angeles at auction.

Economics

46 h. ago It's a steal! Former police station complete with its own courtroom and cells is expected to be sold at auction for £550,000

Potential buyers can lock in a good deal when the space, which features 20 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and 10 living rooms, goes under the hammer on July 23.

Events

55 h. ago Codebreaker Alan Turing’s papers sell for ‘record’ £465K after almost being shredded

Papers belonging to mathematician Alan Turing - who created machines that helped to crack Adolf Hitler's enigma code - have been sold for a record breaking £465,000 at auction

Economics

7 d. ago Jane Birkin’s original Hermès handbag to be sold at auction in Paris

The bag was made for the British-born singer and actor after a chance encounter with the head of the French luxury goods firmA unique Le Birkin handbag, the only one of its kind made for the British-born singer and actor Jane Birkin, is to go on sale in Paris.The prototype model of the iconic Hermès bag, which Birkin used for nine years, is expected to fetch a six-figure sum at auction next month. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago John Lennon’s ‘smutty and funny’ letter to future first wife to be sold at auction

Beatle wrote in 1962 letter to Cynthia Powell that he wished he was on his way to her flat with ‘chocies and a throbber’John Lennon is considered by many to be a poet. But the Beatle revealed his more prosaic side in a letter penned in 1962 to his future wife Cynthia Powell, in which he declared: “I wish I was on the way to your flat with the Sunday papers and chocies and a throbber.”The intimate missive, which includes a complaint about his bandmate Paul McCartney’s snoring, is now being sold at auction by Christie’s with a £30,000 to £40,000 estimate. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Future could be bright after sale of Girvan's former Davidson Cottage Hospital

Hopes are high for a positive future after Girvan's much-loved former Davidson Cottage Hospital was sold at a recent auction.

Politics

3 w. ago Joan Eardley Sketches of Glasgow street children to be sold at auction

She is considered one of the great British artists of the 20th century.

Politics

4 w. ago Napoleon's iconic hat leads stunning auction of French emperor's prized possessions worth more than £5million

Expected to sell for nearly £700,000, the hat is one of around 100 objects being sold in Paris via leading auction house Sotheby's with an overall estimate of more than £5million (€6million).

Economics