All news on the topic: Auction

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Rare photos show 16-year-old Diana before meeting Prince Charles and joining royal life
Rare photos of a young Princess Diana from her school days have emerged for sale at auction.
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Georgia to auction Stalin’s secret 40,000-bottle wine collection to fund new wine school
Tangled cobwebs dangle from the ceiling in dim light and a pleasant, musky sweetness pervades the air in this repository of a precious wine collection, once owned by Georgia’s most infamous son, Josef Stalin.
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Medieval Arthurian manuscript untouched for 700 years set to fetch $2.7m at Christie’s auction
A medieval manuscript featuring an early version of the tales of King Arthur and Merlin, which has been in private hands for about 700 years, is going under the hammer in a rare sale this summer.
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Mexico to auction estate where cartel boss El Mencho was killed in army raid
Mexico will auction the plot of land where a drug kingpin was killed in a shoot-out with the army.
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Judge crushes Amy Winehouse father’s $1.2m lawsuit over singer’s belongings sale
A London judge ruled Monday against the father of Amy Winehouse, who sued his daughter`s friends for profiting off the late singer`s memorabilia.
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Titanic lifeboat seat cushion expected to fetch £180,000 at auction
A seat cushion from one of the Titanic’s lifeboats is expected to fetch up to £180,000 at auction later this month.
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Diamond art: Rare Fabergé egg, encrusted with 4,500 diamonds, sold for record price
The crystal-and-diamond Winter Egg, one of only seven Imperial Fabergé eggs in private hands, sold for £22.9 million (€27.5 million), breaking the world record for a Fabergé piece.
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Telegram profits from Khabib Nurmagomedov’s “gifts”: Pavel Durov is personally boosting a dubious auction
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has launched an auction of “gifts” from Khabib Nurmagomedov — the former UFC lightweight champion and one of the world’s most famous mixed martial artists.
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Saviors or new owners? How companies linked to Firtash are once again close to the Port Plant
How the main debtor of Odesa Port Plant became the primary contender for its purchase.
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Lost Thatcher leadership documents expected to fetch over £100,000 at auction
A box of documents that chart Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power in the 1970s has been discovered in a garage in Somerset.
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Fabergé Winter Egg tied to Russian imperial family returns to Christie’s with £20m estimate
A Fabergé egg commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 is estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction.