Auction
Titanic survivor’s signed life jacket sells for over $900,000
Laura Mabel Francatelli was on Titanic’s lifeboat No. 1, with only eleven other passengers, despite the small vessel's 40-person capacity.
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Forgotten treasure: First-edition Superman comic fetches millions at auction after attic discovery
Titanic tragedy of prominent Jewish couple resurfaces in record auction
Germany halts Holocaust artifacts auction amid widespread criticism
“For victims of Nazi persecution and Holocaust survivors, this auction is a cynical and shameless undertaking that leaves them outraged and speechless.” said Christoph Heubner.
German auction sells personal letters, Nazi records, and forced sterilization documents
Some 623 testimonies from witnesses of the Holocaust are being sold by the Neuss auction house in Germany.
Hampshire couple's Tudor gold coin hoard dug from garden fetches over £380,000 at Zurich auction
Experts estimate that in the 1530s, during the time Henry VIII was dissolving monasteries, wealthy clergy buried gold coins in the ground to protect their assets.
Napoleon brooch captured at Waterloo leads Sotheby's Geneva auction
The circular jewel with a 13.04-carat diamond and nearly 100 stones was given to King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1815 and is surpassing its €130–220k estimate in online bids.
Golda Meir's letter on Munich massacre to be auctioned for $6,000
Golda Meir's 1972 letter addressing the Munich Massacre, signed and dated just weeks after the tragedy, is set to go up for auction starting at $6,000.
Largest Mars meteorite sells for $5.3 million at Sotheby's auction
The 25-kilogram rock represents about 7% of all Martian material currently on Earth.
Hidden coin hoard stashed in numismatist's walls sells for $3.8 million
The collection was auctioned for approximately 3.8 million dollars, far exceeding pre-auction estimates.
Handwritten 15th-century psalter by Brigittine nuns set for auction
The psalm collection was handwritten and decorated by the nuns of the Brigittine convent Mariënwater in the Netherlands.
Napoleon's saber sells for 4.66 million euros at auction
Commissioned in 1803, the saber was crafted by nicolas-noël boutet and symbolizes his rise to power.
Lincoln's blood-stained gloves sell for $1.52 million at auction to pay off foundation's debt
Foundation auctioned less than 10% of its Lincoln collection to repay a longstanding $8 million loan.
