A unique and unrecorded 1863 English Penny with a die number 5 below the date, was sold in Tennants Auctioneers specialist Coin Sale in Leyburn, North Yorkshire on Wednesday, 21st May 2008 for a record £17,500 plus buyers premium.
Other auction highlights.
A large collection of proof gold coins made over £100,000 in the sale with gold […]

JK Rowling has penned a prequel to the bestselling Harry Potter series describing what happened to Harry before he went to Hogwarts.
The story, which is shrouded in secrecy, was written in the past month and is just 800 words long.
The Harry Potter prequel comes almost a year after the last book in the boy-wizard series, […]

Posh Spice is putting six costumes she wore during the band’s recent world tour up for auction to raise money for a children’s charity managed by her mother.
The items, all designed by Roberto Cavalli, range from a mini-dress adorned with Swarovski crystals, probably worth half a million dollars, to a gold corset and leggings.
A spokesman […]

This Thursday, when you list on eBay.co.uk using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats in eligible categories, insertion fees will be half price for each item you list. Final value fees and feature fees are not included in this promotion.

In June 2008, Christie’s will offer a wide array of exceptional Russian works of art, offered at the auctions of Russian Art, Icons and Artefacts from the Orthodox World, The London Jewels Sale, and the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, all taking place at King Street. Highlights include:
Icons and Artefacts from the Orthodox […]

The winning self-portrait that modern artist Luc Tuymans (born 1958) entered into an art competition at the age of 19, in the hope that it would help shape his success as an artist, will be sold in the Impressionist and Modern sale at Bonhams in New Bond Street on Wednesday 18 June.
Produced in 1977, the […]

Christie’s auction house will offer Jeff Koon’s Ballon Flower (Magenta) at its Post War and Contemporary Art auction on June 30 in London. The sculpture is estimated in the region of £12 million. This work is one of five unique versions: Magenta, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Red and was executed between 1995 and 1999.
The sculpture comes […]