Tag: auction

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:52 UTC

  Buenos Aires prepares for impressive Beatles memorabilia auction next week

  

  An original drawing by John Lennon is part of the more than 120 lots of Beatles memorabilia that will be auctioned in Buenos Aires by South America's largest collector of the Fab Four.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 22:23 UTC

  Auschwitz “angel of death” writings and records on auction

  

  More than 4,000 pages of journal entries and other material written by Dr. Josef Mengele, the “angel of death” are to go under the hammer Thursday at a United States auction house.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:31 UTC

  A rare copy of “Birds of America” to be auctioned could raise 15 million USD

  

  Ten years ago, a copy of painter and naturalist John James Audubon’s Birds of America was sold by Christie’s for £5.7m (8.8 million USD). On 7 December this year, another copy of the book will be auctioned by Sotheby’s, along with other rare and valuable books, letters and manuscripts.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:24 UTC

  Whisky Galore” rare bottle of Ballantine’s to be auctioned next August

  

  A rare bottle of whisky salvaged from a shipwreck, on which the novel and film Whisky Galore were based, is to go under the hammer in Scotland. The bottle of Ballantine's is thought to have been recovered from the wreck of SS Politician in the 1950s or 1960s.