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Princess Diana’s iconic ‘revenge dress’ is going on a world tour before its sold

The dress is estimated to sell for between £110,000 and £220,000

The Independent UK

Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ expected to sell for £220,000 at auction

The late princess hit headlines when she was photographed wearing the black silk gown in 1994.

Evening Standard

Quote of the day: Yayoi Kusama’s “Just as Bodhidharma spent ten years facing a stone wall...” a life lesson on extraordinary dedication

Quote of the Day: Yayoi Kusama’s reflection on spending a month facing a single pumpkin captures the extraordinary concentration behind her early artistic practice. By comparing her devotion to painting with Bodhidharma’s legendary meditation before a stone wall, Kusama describes a creative process so absorbing that even sleep felt like…

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The Stories Behind 20 Priceless Historical Documents, Manuscripts And Books, Uncovered By This Researcher

Drawing on historical records, provenance research, auction data, and his knowledge of rare historical artifacts, Ali Mujtuba Zaidi selected 20 documents, manuscripts, and books that reached million-dollar prices, offering insight into what makes each one so rare, historically significant, and valuable.

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Amy Winehouse’s best friend to auction late singer's belongings

Amy Winehouse’s best friend Tyler James plans to auction off more of her belongings with Sotheby's.

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US teen buys Wilt Chamberlain jacket in thrift store that sells for $89,600

The $3 purchase was authenticated as a rare piece from Chamberlain’s final NBA season

The Guardian - US

Wilt Chamberlain Lakers jacket found by a teen at a thrift store could fetch over $150K at auction

A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was found in an Oregon thrift store could fetch more than $150,000 in an auction closing Monday

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One of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's leather jackets has fetched an auction price of $960,000: 'It has become a symbol for the vision at the forefront of the AI revolution'

And now I have it I'm going to frame it and stick it up on my wall.

PC Gamer

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's leather jacket sells for nearly $1 million at Sotheby’s auction

One of Jensen Huang's black leather jackets, a 2023 Tom Ford example, sellsfor $960,000 at a New York auction.

TechRadar

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s trademark leather jacket raises nearly $1 Million at charity auction — bidding makes $60,000 valuation look like pocket change

‘The Jensen Jacket’ achieved a hammer price of $960,000 this weekend.

Tom’s Hardware

Jensen Huang's signature black leather jacket just sold at Sotheby's for nearly $1 million—and the money is going to young tech builders

The Nvidia CEO's Tom Ford jacket, photomatched to a 2023 Taipei appearance, carried a $40,000-$60,000 estimate.

Fortune

A rare bronze inspired by a 2,000-year-old masterpiece vanished for 150 years, then became the most expensive Neoclassical sculpture ever sold

A 19th-century bronze sculpture, the Hamilton Laocoön, sold for £13.6 million at Sotheby's. This price established a new record for a Neoclassical sculpture at auction. The bronze is a rare interpretation of an ancient Roman masterpiece unearthed in 1506. This significant work had not been available at auction for approximately…

The Times of India

Pele's 1958 FIFA World Cup final jersey sold for a whopping $5 million at US auction house

Pele's 1958 World Cup final shirt fetched USD 4.9 million at auction. This iconic jersey was worn during Brazil's first World Cup victory. The shirt is now the second most expensive football jersey ever sold. It trails only Diego Maradona's 1986 World Cup shirt. Pele, a three-time World Cup winner,…

The Economic Times

Portland teen thrifts a Los Angeles Lakers jacket for $3. Discovers it’s worth 83,000 times what he paid

He grabbed it right after another person tossed it into a clothing bin.

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The Guardian - UK

One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000

Second man on moon’s Duro Rocket pen, crucial to Apollo 11 return, reaches astronomical sum at Sotheby’s auction

The Independent UK

‘Gus’ the T. rex becomes most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold for $50M

The 67-million-year-old skeleton is billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens

The Conversation

What science loses when ‘T. rex’ becomes a trophy

On July 14, 2026, “Gus,” one of the most complete specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, went to an as yet unidentified buyer for US$50.1 million. This auction at Sotheby’s set a record for most valuable fossil ever sold. Another dinosaur has entered the luxury collectibles market, a reminder that even Earth’s…

The Guardian - US

T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota

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The Guardian - UK

Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists

Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming research

International Business Times UK

Billionaires Race To Buy $30M T. Rex Fossil for Their Collections; Scientists Fear Losing Access to History

A rare T. rex fossil could fetch $30 million (£22 million), raising fears that private buyers are pricing museums out of the market and limiting scientific research on significant prehistoric finds.

Tom’s Hardware

Sotheby’s video showcases working Apple-1 serial number 01-0033 — part of its upcoming History of Science & Technology sale

Sotheby’s is preparing a blockbuster History of Science & Technology sale packed with amazing artifacts and collectors’ items which includes a working Apple-1, serial number 01-0033.

The Times of India

The emperor's new receipt: Rs 59 cr for a banana? Inside the world of absurd art pricing

In a very exclusive room far far away, a very ordinary looking wooden gavel comes down on an equally ordinary looking rostrum and somehow millions of dollars have transpired within that quarter of a second.

The Guardian - UK

Team for now, not a squad for later – Spurs are spending big but what is it for?

Tottenham’s strategies have changed over the years and this summer’s transfer splurge marks a sharp turn away from the Levy years

Tom’s Hardware

Jensen Huang’s iconic signed leather jacket expected to fetch up to $60,000 in charity auction — Sotheby’s says item was worn at a Foxconn Tech Day in 2023 and the signature has been professionally authenticated

One of Jensen Huang’s used leather jackets is up for auction, with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. The money will go to charity.

The Independent UK

Rembrandt painting altered by unknown artist to erase turban, restorers find

The painting has now been restored ahead of an auction

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