‘Forgotten’ Rubens could fetch £3.5million after the grime-covered artwork was snapped for £78,000

‘Forgotten’ Rubens could fetch £3.5million after the grime-covered artwork was snapped up for £78,000 and taken for a staggering new valuation A portrait could make £3.5m at an auction after it was revealed to be by Rubens The origins of Portrait Of A Lady were revealed when layers of dirt were removed The 17th century … Read more

Paint-splattered palette used by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction

Paint-splattered palette used by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction The relic is one of more than 60 lots in a Sotheby’s online auction from June 8-18 Experts say the colours relate to Picasso’s 1961 work Le dejeuner sur l’herbe  A rare woodcut print of a chick Picasso gave to … Read more

Candid snaps of Marilyn Monroe are tipped to fetch $9,000 at auction

A selection of candid snaps of Marilyn Monroe are expected to fetch $9,000 when they are auctioned this week.  The photos were taken by her friend, Hungarian-born photographer Andre de Dienes, on three separate occasions between 1945 and 1953.  The images show the actress frolicking on the beach, playing in the snow and posing at the … Read more

Adam Sandler puts quarantine on pause to fetch some Memorial Day treats for the family with wife

Adam Sandler puts quarantine on pause to fetch some Memorial Day treats for the family with wife Jackie By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 08:33 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 25 May 2020 Adam Sandler made sure to protect himself while taking a quarantine break to get snacks with his wife Jackie on Sunday. … Read more

Two of George Formby’s treasured ukuleles are expected to fetch at least £30,000 at auction 

Two of George Formby’s treasured ukuleles are expected to fetch at least £30,000 at auction Collection, including Wigan singer’s treasured banjo ukuleles, could fetch £30k Memorabilia includes photos, a letter written by Formby and a life-sized model  Formby was Britain’s highest paid entertainer in 1930s and 40s and died in 1961  By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more

Rare travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are to fetch thousands at auction 

Pan Am flights and railway journeys to the Malverns: Rare vintage travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are set to fetch thousands at auction A sale of vintage posters will take place on November 14 at the Swann Auction Galleries in New York  The rare posters, which date back to 1914, … Read more

Francis Bacon’s masterpiece is expected to fetch more than £46million at auction

Francis Bacon’s masterpiece Triptych Inspired By The Oresteia Of Aeschylus is expected to fetch more than £46million at auction A Francis Bacon masterpiece was unveiled at Sotheby’s in London yesterday  The painting is expected to fetch well in excess of £46million in New York in May Bacon painted the piece in 1981, and depicts his … Read more

Rare functioning Apple-1 Computer is expected to fetch over $300,000 at auction in Boston next week

Rare fully-functional Apple-1 Computer is expected to fetch over $300,000 when it goes up for auction in Boston next week alongside a Macintosh PowerBook signed by Steve Jobs and a ‘Think different’ watch The Apple-1 machine was the first product sold by the Apple Computer company Once a museum piece, the unit being sold has been … Read more

CASH IN THE ATTIC: Time is on my side, yes it is! The old music posters that can fetch £15k

CASH IN THE ATTIC: Time is on my side, yes it is! The old music posters that can fetch £15k By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 Every week we give the low-down on the value of forgotten treasures that may … Read more