World Collectors Net

A rare edition of Ernest Hemingway’s first book, Three Stories & Ten Poems [Paris]: Contact Publishing Co., 1923, one of just 300 copies printed brought $68,500

On 20 January 2012, collectors will have a rare chance to own one of the most sought-after books of ornithological art ever created: a full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America (1827-1838).

A rare and exclusive bottle of 55 Year Old Glenfiddich commemorating and celebrating the 110th birthday of Janet Sheed Roberts sold for a world record £46,850 at Bonhams Whisky auction.

One of the finest Art Deco sculptures has been sold at Bonhams this evening (14th December) for $98,500 at Bonhams in New York.

Estimated at $2-3 million, the pearl reached a world auction record price for a pearl at $11,842,500 (£ 7,579,200 / € 9,118,725) after four and a half minutes of bidding.

Bonhams on December 8, achieved a sale total of $1.58 million, which include a world record that was surpassed and achieved by a stunning Patek Philippe chronograph wristwatch ref:5020P.

Unique Auctions at Lincoln have once again been invited to market another rare and exceptional painting this time by Fantin-Latour. Ignace Henri Theodore Fantin-Latour 1836-1904 is the most celebrated 19th Century French painter of flower still lifes.

A pair of vintage guns believed to have been owned and used by the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde – a .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun and a 12-gauge Winchester model 1897 shotgun.

One of only three known the 1777 the Aitken New Testament was sold today at Bloomsbury Auctions for £105,000.