Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more

Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind could fetch £29MILLION at auction

Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind and described as ‘completely pure’ could fetch £29MILLION at Swiss auction Dubbed ‘Spirit of the Rose’ after Russian ballet it is going up for sale Wednesday  14.83-ct rock is believed to be largest ever in ‘fancy vivid purple-pink’ category Just one percent of all the pink … Read more

Ultra-rare BLACK tiger is spotted in India: Stunned animal lover photographs predator

Ultra-rare BLACK tiger is spotted in India: Stunned animal lover photographs predator with highly unusual colouring – thought to exist in fewer than ten tigers An extremely rare black tiger has been spotted in Odisha, India, by amateur photographer Soumen Bajpayee The species, otherwise known as the melanistic tiger, can only be found Odisha and … Read more

Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction 

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

Dazzling golden turtle with ultra-rare genetic mutation is spotted in Nepal

A turtle ‘revered as an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu’ is spotted in Nepal with a dazzling golden shell due to an ultra-rare genetic mutation Unique colouration is caused by ultra-rare genetic form of chromatic leucism Causes when xanthophores — cells that are yellow — become dominant  Only fifth time a golden specimen of … Read more

Ultra-rare ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ console sells for $360,000 at auction 

A prototype of the unreleased ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ console has sold for $360,000 (£273,096) at auction – nearly $1 million less than an earlier rejected offer.   The super-rare console, which was sold with a Sony-branded SNES controller and cartridge that enables CD-Rom functionality, was sold by Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions on Friday.  The collector’s item … Read more