Two scale models, one of a 1922 Burrell road roller, the other of a Foden 1912 steam wagon are each estimated at £3,000-5,000 when they go under the Charterhouse hammer in Sherborne in their collectors, clocks and antiques auction on 14th March.
“These are some of the best scale models money can buy having been constructed […]
Phillips de Pury & Co. raised a total of 21.9 million pounds, at the third auction of contemporary art in London this month, helped by a 2.1 million-pound Richard Prince painting”Nurse” and a 1.8 million- pound Damien Hirst spot painting.
The presale estimate for the 111-lot auction was 20.6 million pounds to 30.1 million pounds.
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Auctioneer Fellows & Sons has 730 lots up for sale from 10.30am on Thursday 28th February 2008. It puts on up to eight antique and modern jewellery sales a year. The highlight this time is lot 238 with a guide price of £25,000 - £30,000. It’s an 18ct white gold heart shape diamond pendant of […]
The 2008 Hewden Auction will be held Saturday 12th July 2008 at The Hertfordshire Show Ground, Redbourne, Nr Luton. Junction 9 off the M1 motorway.
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A sports car once owned by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini failed to reach its auction reserve price, achieving a top bid of just £450,000.
The Spyder, which carried il Duce through the crowds, attracted just a few bids when it went under the hammer in Cheltenham on Wednesday.
The best offer reached just over half the expected […]
The British Home Office has launched an investigation into how an optical disc holding confidential information was discovered hidden beneath the keyboard of a laptop bought on the online auction site eBay.
The disc was found by technicians when the computer was taken into a small IT repair company for service.
The laptop had been bought on […]
Contemporary art works, including masterpieces by Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol, have gone under the hammer for more than £95m, said Sotheby’s.
The London auction house claimed the total set a record for contemporary art auctions in Europe.
The highlight of the evening was Francis Bacon’s “Study Of Nude With Figure In A Mirror”, which was bought […]