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 collectors’ item … Read more
Chinese vase that once belonged to 18th century Chinese Emperor sells at auction for £3.4m after being found in Paris apartment Vase once owned by Chinese Emperor Qianlong sells for more than £3million Auctioneer Olivier Clair found the object while executing a will in an apartment The gourd was possibly looted during the sack of the … Read more
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
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
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
A postcard written by writer and poet DH Lawrence to a woman he fell in love with over a century ago will be sold at auction. The famous author wrote the postcard to his sweetheart Louie Burrows shortly before they became engaged to be married in 1910. He described his fiancée as a woman who … Read more
Princess Margaret’s bespoke Rolls-Royce boasting black leather-trimmed doors which don’t reflect camera flashes and a raised seat that enabled royal to be seen goes up for auction for £50,000 Princess Margaret’s longest serving Rolls-Royce car will go on sale at auction Hand-built to order, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II was finished in cardinal red Expected to … Read more
An extraordinary wartime archive that belonged to an early member of the SAS who topped a Nazi death list has been discovered. The late Fred Casey was among the original dozen members of the 1st Special Air Service that was created in North Africa to wreak havoc behind enemy lines. The commando’s military possessions include … Read more