Sir Henry Cooper’s Gold Heavyweight Lonsdale Belt went under the hammer at Bonhams Sporting & Golfing Memorabilia sale in Chester, selling for an outstanding price of £49,250.
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James Bond Big Crown Wristwatch Sells for $74,500
A circa 1958 very rare Rolex Ref. 5510 Oyster Perpetual Submariner wrist watch, famously known as the “James Bond” Big Crown Wristwatch, sold for $74,500 at Heritage Auctions’ May 19 Timepieces Signature® Auction.
Bonhams sells greatest single collection of Montblanc pens
Bonhams is hosting the Fine Writing Instruments: The Mel Wilmore Collection of Extraordinary Montblancs auction on June 11. This will be the greatest single collection of fine Montblanc pens ever offered at auction.
1792 Silver Center Cent Makes $1.15 Million
One of the first coins ever struck at the United States Mint – an experimental 1792-dated copper cent with a small silver plug in its center – realized $1,150,000
Photographic portrait of Charles Dickens’s wife, Catherine
A profile portrait of the wife of Charles Dickens, Catherine (1815-1879), by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901), is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of the Photographs Sale on 17th May.
Annual American Indian Art Sale at Auction
Sotheby’s will present it’s annual sale of American Indian Art in New York, on 16 May. The auction will be led by An Important Nez Percé Beaded And Fringed Hide War Shirt which once belonged to Chief Joseph.
Hermes and Christie’s announce online auction offering four exceptional handbags
Hermès and Christie’s have announced a collaboration providing an exciting opportunity to acquire four exceptional handbags.
Scott of the Antarctic farewell letter for £163,250 at Bonhams
The first of the farewell letters written in the Antarctic by Captain Robert Scott as he realised that he and his team would not survive was sold at Bonhams Polar Sale in London on 30 March for £163,250.
Christie’s to auction the Hugo Collection in Paris
Christie’s announced the sale of The Hugo Collection on April 4th. An important group of nearly 500 books, paintings, drawings, engravings, photographs, furniture and other personal objects
Louis Vuitton Trunk Belonging to the Princess Stella of Kapurthala
Unique Auctions, Lincolnshire’s Premier Auction House 26th February sale includes an extremely rare Louis Vuitton Trunk Belonging to the Princess Stella of Kapurthala.
