Going… going… up! Boom time for auction houses as lockdown Britons turned to online shopping for bargains Auction houses are seeing post-lockdown boom with Zoom encouraging buyers About 90% of lots at auctions are selling now – a rise of 30% from before March More sales were held online due to Covid restrictions and the … Read more
Julia Roberts is counting down the days to the presidential election and making sure to do her bit to encourage voters. The 52-year-old actress took to Instagram on Wednesday with a gorgeous photo as she sported a ‘vote’ T-shirt, casual black blazer and jeans. ‘THIRTEEN DAYS TO GO!!! #weareinthistogether #earlyvoting #whenweallvote #getyourjush #wearamask’ she captioned … Read more
Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction Silver penny was discovered by John Denham, 64, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire Was issued by Henry of Anjou between 1139 and 1148 during ‘Anarchy’ civil war Been given guide price of between £6,000 to £7,000 ahead of sale … Read more
After a year-long investigation by Claudia Joseph, Simon Trump, Ewan Fletcher, Adam Luck, Jason Buckner and Craig Hibbert, the Mail on Sunday named Banksy as Robin Gunningham. The search began with a photograph taken in Jamaica showing a man in a blue shirt and jeans, with a hint of a smile on his face and a … Read more
Banksy’s £7m Monet maker: Reclusive artist’s work parodying a Claude Monet masterpiece sells for a fortune at auction Price achieved for Show Me the Monet is the second highest yet for the artist Five collectors pushed the winning bid beyond an estimate of up to £5million The 2005 painting transforms Monet’s Water Lily Pond into a … Read more
Ed Sheeran’s Made In Suffolk Legacy auction sees the singer’s handwritten lyrics and childhood lego go up for sale with an array of other priceless items for charity By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 00:13 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 00:24 BST, 22 October 2020 Ed Sheeran’s handwritten lyrics and childhood lego is set … Read more
Royal Mint condition! Perfectly preserved £5 banknote dating back to 1863 is set to fetch £12,000 at auction One of the finest quality early black and white note the cataloguer has ever seen Signed by Matthew Marshall it represented the height of Victorian technology The live online auction to be held by Dix Noonan Webb … Read more
The car which is alleged to have helped develop a controversial royal romance is set to be auctioned this week. King Edward VIII abdicated the throne on December 11, 1936, after refusing to split from Wallis Simpson. It is believed that Simpson traveled around London in secret in 1933 with the future king in a 1933 … Read more
ID bracelet belonging to first black pilot to serve with Royal Flying Corps during World War One who paid for his own travel to UK to fight Germans goes up for auction Sergeant William Robinson Clarke was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1895 His aluminium disc is stamped ‘SGT W R CLARKE RFC’ on a … Read more
Champion jockey Lester Piggott, 84, puts 70 trophies from his 4,493 career wins up for auction to raise £80,000 to fund his retirement Lester Piggott, 84, has put 70 trophies and personal items up for auction Auctioneer Graham Budd said Mr Piggott was having a major clear out His 1957 and 1960 Epsom Derby winner’s … Read more