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Two Hermès Birkin bags seized from jailed Vietnamese businesswoman Truong My Lan were sold at a Ho Chi Minh City government auction for over $535,000 — including a $440,144 bag and a $94,858 bag — as part of asset seizures to help recover more than $27 billion in losses from her embezzlement of Saigon Commercial Bank.
A Jackson Pollock painting, Number 7A, 1948, sold for $181.2 million at Christie’s in New York, setting a new auction record for Pollock and highlighting a day of high-value results that also saw Brâncuşi, Rothko, Miró and Klimt achieve record prices.
Christie’s in New York sold Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948 for $181.2 million and Constantin Brancusi’s Danaïde, from around 1913, for $107.6 million from the S.I. Newhouse collection, marking a high-end market rally as estates unlock prized works and set new records at the auction house.
Captain's Auction House in Anaheim, a long-running specialist in pinball and arcade machines, is auctioning about 100 machines owned by musician Ryan Adams on Sunday, May 17, 2026 (preview 9 a.m., auction 11 a.m.; bidding available online as well). The 40,000-square-foot warehouse holds roughly 1,200 machines, and past highlights include a $48,000 pinball and a $70,000 arcade game; a vintage Gibson Barney Kessel guitar is also up for bid. The article highlights Adams’s collection as part of the event and notes the shop’s ongoing, large-scale inventory and rotating auctions.
A 5.5-carat triangular-cut blue-green diamond named 'Ocean Dream' sold for a record $17.3 million at Christie's Geneva jewelry sale, bought by a private client after about 20 minutes on the block; the stone, found in Central Africa in the 1990s, set a new high for its kind and surpassed its roughly $9–$13 million presale estimate.
Five limited-edition Centenario Tractors, based on a 1960s Lamborghini DLA35 with a 2.2L diesel and 36 hp, have been transformed into steampunk hot-rods and are being auctioned. Created in 2016 to celebrate Ferruccio Lamborghini’s 100th birthday, these rolling art pieces—designed by Adler Capelli with Klima Lounge—feature hand-formed metal panels, a natural patina, and numerous Lamborghini badges; they’re fully functional but not meant for field work. Only about 310 miles have been logged since completion in 2020. Originally priced around €1.75 million (~$2 million) each, they sit far above the Revuelto’s US price tag of about $600k.
Personal items from late Friends star Matthew Perry — including 26 episode scripts, autographed items, a photo album, and a peephole-frame replica — are headed to auction through Heritage Auctions in partnership with the Matthew Perry Foundation. Net proceeds will fund addiction-recovery initiatives and related charities, with proxy bidding open ahead of the June 5 live sale in Dallas and in-person previews May 18–29 in Beverly Hills (online bidding also available).
Mecum Auctions will offer a near-pristine 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo with just 5,257 miles (8,461 km) from Swift Current, Saskatchewan; powered by a 3.0-liter turbo inline-six making 231 hp, it sends power to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual with a limited-slip diff, and features burgundy leather interior, a removable targa roof, and pop-up headlights, while still wearing its original factory tires.
Mitch Winehouse lost his High Court bid against Amy Winehouse's friends Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay over items sold at auctions in the United States; the judge ruled he could have identified the disputed items with reasonable diligence and noted Amy's generosity in giving clothes to friends, dismissing his claim.
In a High Court ruling, Mitch Winehouse’s claim against Amy Winehouse’s stylist Naomi Parry and friend Catriona Gourlay over sales of the singer’s belongings from US auctions in 2021 and 2023 was dismissed. The judge found no deliberate concealment of disputed items and noted Winehouse could have discovered what was sold with reasonable diligence. The auctions raised about $1.4m for the estate, with 30% going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation; items included Parry’s silk dress from Amy’s Belgrade performance. Parry argued the items were gifts or her property, while Mitch had sought proceeds for the estate/foundation. Parry welcomed the verdict, while Mitch’s team had portrayed the action as jealousy-driven.”,
A canvas life jacket worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli sold for about $906,000 at a Devizes, England auction by Henry Aldridge & Son, far above the presale estimate, along with a lifeboat cushion that fetched $527,000; the jacket, signed by Francatelli and other lifeboat survivors, remains one of the few privately owned survivor artifacts from the voyage, while Francatelli survived in lifeboat No.1 with Lucy Duff Gordon and Cosmo Duff Gordon after the ship struck an iceberg in 1912.
A life jacket worn by Titanic passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli sold for 670,000 pounds (about $906,000) at a Henry Aldridge & Son auction in Devizes, far above pre-sale estimates, with a lifeboat cushion from the same lot fetching 390,000 pounds, underscoring ongoing fascination with Titanic memorabilia.
Ford CEO Jim Farley is auctioning his 1972 DeTomaso Pantera—once a Ford Aerospace pool car and a museum piece before a 2018 sale—now refreshed after Farley bought it in 2024 for $121,000; the mid‑engine V8 Pantera features a 351 Cleveland engine with over 400 hp, a five‑speed ZF transaxle, updated intake, refinished wheels, and a reupholstered cabin, and is listed on Bring a Trailer in Wisconsin.
A light-up C-3PO head from The Empire Strikes Back sold for $1,058,400 (including buyer’s premium) at Propstore’s spring memorabilia live auction, the event’s top lot as the sale has grossed about $6.5 million so far; the piece is the only known C-3PO head from the film to reach the collectors market.
Christie’s sold the Jim Irsay collection for $93 million, breaking 23 records; highlights included David Gilmour’s guitar at $14.6 million and Kerouac’s On the Road manuscript at $12.135 million, with a portion of proceeds to philanthropic causes linked to Irsay, who reportedly died last May at age 65.