Marie Antoinette pendant fetches $36 million, shattering estimate
by Ben Simon Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A pearl and diamond pendant owned by Marie Antoinette before…
7 years ago
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‘Incomparable’ $50 mn pink diamond smashes record at Geneva auction
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- An exceptionally rare pink diamond of nearly 19 carats fetched 50.3 million Swiss francs ($50 million,…
7 years ago
Neil Armstrong’s huge souvenir collection to be auctioned
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Talk about a pack rat: thousands of things that Neil Armstrong saved over the…
7 years ago
First tuna auction at Japan’s ‘new Tsukiji’ market
by Karyn NISHIMURA-POUPEE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The cries of the raucous pre-dawn tuna auction rang out…
7 years ago
Robin Williams memorabilia fetches $6.1 million in NY
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Art, film memorabilia and personal effects owned by the late actor Robin Williams…
7 years ago
Apple-1 computer fetches $375,000 at auction
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- An Apple-1, a rare model of the first computer produced by the now-iconic tech…
7 years ago
Indiana Jones hat fetches over $500,000 at auction
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Indiana Jones's signature fedora fetched more than half a million dollars at a blockbuster London…
7 years ago
Napoleon Bonaparte’s rifle, silver soup spoon sold at auction
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A silver soup spoon that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on St. Helena and…
7 years ago
Mozart manuscript expected to sell for 500,000 euros
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The first draft of music Mozart wrote for the last act of his opera "The Marriage…
7 years ago
Van Gogh painting sells for over 7 million euros: auction house
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A painting by a young Vincent Van Gogh was sold at an auction in Paris Monday for…
8 years ago
World’s largest freshwater pearl goes for 320,000 euros
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The world's largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to Catherine the Great, was sold…
8 years ago
Han Solo’s ‘Return of the Jedi’ blaster up for auction
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- In the wildly popular "Star Wars" films, Han Solo once told a lightsaber-wielding Luke…
8 years ago
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