SHELBYVILLE, Ky — KFC founder Colonel Sanders ‘ pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of other personal items are up for public auction, along with his former home and a dinner house Sanders opened after selling his iconic restaurant chain. Harland Sanders, still known as the face of the worldwide chain originally known as Kentucky Fried … Read more
Beatles lyrics John Lennon wrote on the back of a Valentine’s Day card have sold for $656,250 (£511,875). The music icon wrote “If I Fell” by hand during the band’s 1964 New York trip for their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The item sold as part of the Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction … Read more
A Luke Skywalker lightsaber and severed hand prop from The Empire Strikes Back has sold for $3.75m. The prop, which has never been offered for public sale, has established a new world auction record for a screen-used Star Wars prop. The lot headlined the Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. It featured … Read more
An empty box has sold for more than £8,000 (roughly $10,706.40), and a collection of five trading cards for over £12,000 (roughly $16,059.60) as part of an auction of retro video games and memorabilia. A box which originally contained the 1996 Nintendo 64 game Super Mario 64, signed by Mario creator and “father of modern … Read more
No sale for perhaps the most important piece of memorabilia from this year’s NBA Finals. The ball that OG Anunoby tipped in during the final seconds of the Knicks’ 29-point comeback win over the Spurs in Game 4 was set to go up for auction at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, but that was thwarted … Read more
A copy of Super Mario Bros. has sold for a record-breaking $3 million, making it the most expensive video game of all time. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the title surpassed the previous $1.56 million record set in a 2021 private sale. Bearing the coveted gloss sticker adopted in early 1986, it is the earliest confirmed … Read more
It’s a sale of Jurass-chic proportions. Birkins are beautiful. Chanel bags, très magnifique. But a purse derived from 66-million-year-old purse dinosaur DNA simply cannot be beat, per the Parisian auction house hawking the prehistoric must-have for over $500,000 on Thursday. Bidding paddles are sure to go flying in the air as auctioneer Alexandre Giquello of Hôtel … Read more
A bidding war has broken out over Marilyn Monroe’s bra as punters splash out over $5,000 for the provocative piece. The item, a 36C brassiere dating from the 1950s, is up for auction on Thursday along with dozens of other items that belonged to the Hollywood legend. The starting bid was just $25 but it … Read more
An ultra-rare classic car left gathering dust in a barn for 40 years has sold for $83,505.63. A 1934 ‘Crossley Streamline’ car – one of only two in existence – was unearthed in a barn in Cambridgeshire. Despite its battered condition and lack of two wheels, the stunning motor sparked a global bidding war when … Read more
If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a private island, now’s your chance — for less than the price of many US homes. A Greek island called Makri is up for sale. It was originally advertised with a value of about $9.2 million when it was first listed by high-end real estate companies back in 2022, … Read more
Aaron Judge hit it out of the park again. A one-of-kind baseball card of Judge in his first professional season with the Yankees sold at auction for a staggering $838,750 on Friday. The 2013 Bowman Aaron Judge Superfractor 1/1 — depicting the eventual Yankees captain just after he was selected by the team in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft — … Read more
It’s the glove that helped change pop culture forever — and now it’s up for grabs to a lucky bidder with deep pockets. One of Michael Jackson’s most iconic accessories — his signature white rhinestone glove — is heading to auction, giving fans and collectors a rare shot at owning a piece of music history. One of … Read more
Marilyn Monroe’s classic Mercedes-Benz, which she drove around Europe in the 1950s, is set to fetch up to $21,5380 at auction. The mint condition 1950 Mercedes-Benz 170 S (W136) was used by the American sex symbol when she stayed in Greece just six years before her death. The current owner discovered the link to the … Read more
Francophiles rejoice: a piece of the iconic Eiffel Tower could soon be yours. On May 21, an original staircase feature of the Eiffel Tower will be up for auction, and history shall be sold to the highest bidder. Completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was designed by French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel Only intended to … Read more
He’s been gone for 30 years, but he’s still hitting it out of the park. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, who died in 1995, is ranked first when it comes to the value of memorabilia sold over the last 50 years at Heritage Auctions, with a staggering $162,241,529.64 in earnings. Mantle items included 16,319 lots of … Read more
A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected price at a Danish auction house on March 1. The silver medal from the 1896 Athens Olympics was hammered down for $179,920 excluding buyer’s premium at Bruun Rasmussen Arts Auctioneers’ online sale. The piece had been … Read more
An ultra-rare Pokemon card that cost $2.70 in 1999 is expected to sell for a whopping $54k at auction. The 1st edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard card is known as the “holy grail” to collectors and enthusiasts. The card — described as being in “mint condition” — is going under the hammer in the UK’s … Read more
An iconic Shohei Ohtani home-run ball that was expected to sell for millions this month ended up netting only six figures. The baseball — which Ohtani smacked over the fences at Dodger Stadium during his legendary NLCS Game 4 performance in Los Angeles back in October — landed a mere $292,800 when bidding closed on … Read more
A penny saved could be $800,000 earned. After pennies were discontinued in November, the last 1-cent coins minted suddenly became worth a fortune. A haul of these special pennies reportedly went for an eye-popping $16.76 million at a special auction in California held on behalf of the US Mint. The sale marked the “highest value … Read more
A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million. The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set … Read more