2+ week, 6+ day ago  (986+ words) Laurence des Cars has resigned as director of the Louvre museum in Paris, and been replaced by Christophe Leribault, director at the Palace of Versailles. In October, eight pieces of French royal and imperial jewellery were stolen from the Louvre....

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1098+ words) The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor made $6.4 million (high estimate $7 million) at a New York auction on February 5. The illustrated collection of Jewish High Holiday prayers is from Lake Constance, where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet. Solomon Rothschild bought the book for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (793+ words) Logan Paul's Pikachu Illustrator card sold for $16.5 million on Monday. The Goldin sale set a world record for any trading card. That's a reported $8 million profit for the social media star, who paid a then-record $5.3 million for it in 2021. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1412+ words) We love to see Honus Wagner coming up to bat, and Heritage Auctions" February 28 to March 1 sale stars an iconic T206 Sweet Caporal Wagner card from 1909-1911. A $3 million " $5 million estimate comes despite rounded corners, a crease, and paper lost to scrapbook…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (405+ words) A sale of Americana doubled its pre-sale estimate in New York on Friday, January 23, with originals of America's founding documents selling well above their predicted prices. Christie's We The People, America at 250 is one of a number of major sales…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (314+ words) A letter bringing together George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and the Marquis de Lafayette has auctioned for over $1 million at a New York sale linked to the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States." The letter was written by Washington…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (354+ words) A Michael Jordan collecting card from 1986 that was signed by the athlete in 2006 is leading pre-sale bidding in a major sports card sale due to close at the end of January. The card is for sale in Heritage Auctions" Winter…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (448+ words) A letter and books owned by Founding Father and the first President of the United States are likely to realise the most at a Sotheby's sale of significant US historical documents tied to the country's 2026 250th anniversary celebrations. The Visions of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (305+ words) The last shirt Rafael Nadal played singles tennis in on the clay courts of Paris will be auctioned by February 1 with an opening bid of $5,000." Rafael Nadal made the centre court at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris his home....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (411+ words) An extremely rare 1804 dollar coin has sold for over $3.5 million at auction. Heritage Auctions of Dallas say that "a frenzy of bidding" pushed the coin up to $3,538,000 in their January 14 " 17 US Coins Signature Auction. In total the sale, in which…...