All articles tagged with #auction
Oasis has successfully blocked the sale of a rare collection of unheard recordings, known as 'The Desk Tapes,' through legal action. The archive, compiled by former sound engineer Huw Richards between 1994 and 2001, was listed for auction with a guide price of £1.2m to £1.6m. While the audio tapes have been withdrawn, other memorabilia from Richards' collection will still be sold.
A collection of 63 unheard Oasis recordings, valued between £1.2m and £1.6m, has been withdrawn from an upcoming auction after the band filed a legal injunction. The archive, known as 'The Desk Tapes,' was compiled by sound engineer Huw Richards between 1994 and 2001 and includes live performances and soundchecks. While the band opposed the sale, related memorabilia such as tour itineraries and instruments will still be auctioned.
JMW Turner's 1836 painting 'Rome, from Mount Aventine' is on public display in Rome from September 29 to October 1 before heading to a London auction on December 9, where it is estimated to fetch £50 million. The work, which depicts the Tiber River and the city from the Aventine Hill, is remarkably well-preserved, retaining original canvas, frame, and visible traces of Turner's fingerprints and brushwork. It was commissioned in the late 1820s by Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro and has changed hands only twice since its creation, most recently in 2014 for £30.3 million. Sotheby's describes it as one of the few major Turner works remaining in private ownership, with Mario Tavella expressing hope that it will be acquired by a public museum.
A low-mileage 2001 Porsche 911 GT2 Clubsport is currently auctioning on Bring A Trailer with bids exceeding $400,000. This rare example, one of only 70 produced, features a specialized safety package and has appreciated significantly from its 2021 sale price.
A military medal belonging to a soldier from Cheadle Hulme who died in the final week of World War I is being sold at auction. The item offers a tangible connection to the end of the Great War and the local history of the Manchester area.
Nearly 300 of Brigitte Bardot's personal belongings—ranging from Repetto ballet flats and diamond rings to a typewriter, guitars and dog collars—are being auctioned in Paris to benefit her animal charity, with proceeds split between her foundation and her son; most lots start under €100, and the sale draws fans from Bardot’s Saint-Tropez and Paris homes.
A rare 1950s Gertrude Abercrombie painting, found for $30 at a Michigan estate sale, is expected to fetch up to $250,000 at Freeman's Auctions in Manhattan; the piece, Alderman Merriam's Shells, depicts nine seashells tied to Chicago alderman Robert Merriam and was authenticated by art historian Susan Weininger.
Princess Diana's iconic black silk dress known as the “revenge dress,” worn after Prince Charles admitted infidelity in 1994, is going up for auction at Sotheby's with an estimated price up to £220,000 and will tour London, Hong Kong, Geneva, and New York before the December 9 sale. The dress last sold in 1997 to fund charity, and part of the proceeds will support NHS Lothian Charity via Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
Princess Diana’s black minidress by Christina Stambolian—the infamous 'revenge dress' worn at a 1994 Serpentine Gallery fundraiser the night Charles admitted infidelity—will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in December, the first sale of the dress in almost 30 years. It previously sold in 1997 for about £40,000 to raise money for cancer and AIDS charities, and is expected to fetch between $150,000 and $300,000 as it tours London, Hong Kong and Geneva before a live New York auction on December 9.
Princess Diana’s iconic black silk 'revenge dress' by Christina Stambolian is going on sale for the first time in nearly 30 years, with Sotheby’s staging the gown in London before tours to Hong Kong, Geneva and New York; it’s expected to fetch up to $300,000, and a portion of proceeds will go to NHS Lothian Charity, marking a lasting moment in royal fashion tied to the 1994 infidelity revelation.
Princess Diana’s black silk Christina Stambolian dress, known as the 'Revenge Dress', is heading to Sotheby’s New York for a December 9 sale with an estimated $150,000–$300,000; part of the proceeds will benefit NHS Lothian Charity. Worn at a 1994 Vanity Fair party amid revelations about Prince Charles, the dress became a defining symbol of Diana’s confidence and fashion influence, spawning replicas and continuing to captivate pop culture as it heads to a public viewing tour before the auction.
A rare Ultra White Pure Gyr Garmousha falcon chick weighing about 1 kg sold for 1.5 million Dirhams (around Rs 3.85 crore) at ADIHEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi, a record falcon auction. Shaikha Al Mansoori bought it after attending the event with her uncle, who is credited with igniting her interest in falconry; while videos show Shaikha praising her uncle, the clips do not confirm the exact purchase arrangement.
A UK antique dealer paid 85,000 pounds for what he thought was a 19th‑century fox head, only to discover it is the bust of the extinct Tasmanian tiger; X-ray and CT scans confirmed a pristine skull, making it a remarkably rare complete thylacine specimen with potential scientific value, as there are only a limited number of known specimens and the owner plans to keep it for educational study.
Bonhams will auction the Hatfield Apple I, a rare, functional early Apple computer signed by Steve Wozniak. Estimated at $500,000–$800,000, it could exceed the 2013 sale price of about $671,000. With fewer than 75 Apple I units surviving and even fewer operational, this historic machine—tied to Apple's founding era and including a Jobs-authored trade‑in letter—highlights the device’s rarity and significance. Bonhams will tour Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, and New York ahead of the October sale.
7 Brew won a bankruptcy auction to acquire 73 closed Salad And Go stores, including 41 in Arizona, for more than $143 million, beating Dutch Bros. The stores—roughly 35 in the Phoenix metro area—will be converted to 7 Brew, pending a Sept. 21 court hearing to approve the leases; note that not all closed Salad And Go locations were included in the auction.