€1m Picasso portrait up for grabs for €100 in charity raffle Artwork by one of the most influential artists of 20th century raffled to fund Alzheimer’s research The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2025
The Most Expensive Auction Items Sold This Past Year These are the most expensive auction items sold in 2025. GOBankingRates · Dec 30, 2025
“At the Mark Knopfler sale, I remember seeing people in tears”: A-list guitar auctions are now a firm fixture, and the sums involved are eye-watering. But who is driving the boom – and is it sustainable? The amount of money changing hands for artist-owned guitars at auction is eye-watering. Amelia Walker of Christie's London explains what sells and who's buying – and whether it will last Guitar World · Dec 26, 2025
7 Outrageous Things the Wealthy Bought This Year — and Where ChatGPT Says Money Is Flowing Here's a look at shocking items wealthy people bought from Christie's and Sotheby's auctions in 2025. GOBankingRates · Dec 16, 2025
American West art masterpieces from a billionaire Koch brother head to auction Some of the most iconic American Western art is heading to auction at Christie’s in New York The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
Royal family gift thought to be lost for decades sets auction record IN FULL The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025
Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien’s ‘extraordinary’ personal item to go to auction IN FULL The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025
Fabergé egg made for mother of Russia’s last tsar sells for £23m Christie’s says the sale price is the highest for a Fabergé, beating a £8.9m auction in 2007 The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025
Rare Faberge egg covered in diamonds shatters world record fee The art was believed lost for two decades from 1975 until 1994 The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Jewel-studded Faberge egg sells for record £22.9m at London auction The old record was set in 2007 when the Rothschild Egg fetched £8.9 million. Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025
‘Extraordinary’ item JRR Tolkien used while writing The Lord of the Rings up for auction It’s ‘the only desk belonging to Tolkien still in private hands’ The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Lord Of The Rings author JRR Tolkien’s desk up for auction Tolkien used the desk during his tenure as Merton professor of English language and literature at Oxford between 1945 and 1959. Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025
Crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for $30.2 million A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution has sold for more $30 million The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Rare Fabergé 'Winter Egg' set to fetch over €22 million at London auction A rare Fabergé egg, commissioned by the last Emperor of Russia, is expected to fetch more than £20 million (€22.8m) at auction. Euronews · Nov 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025 Royal family gift thought to be lost for decades could break auction records One art expert likened it to a ‘luxurious Kinder Surprise chocolate’
Benzinga · Nov 25, 2025 'We've Seen A Very Strong Demand In The Art Market,' Art Auction Sales Projected To Jump 50% This Year Early reports from this week's New York fall art auctions show that experts’ sales totals predictions will be far surpassed.
Tom’s Hardware · Nov 22, 2025 WWII Enigma machine sells for over half a million dollars at auction — one of the rare four-rotor 'M4' models A WWII Enigma encryption machine with four rotors was sold at auction earlier this week, achieving double its estimated price.
Euronews · Nov 20, 2025 'National treasure': Christie's suspends sale of Blaise Pascal's 17th century calculating machine A French court has blocked the export and foreign purchase of a 17th century arithmetic machine invented by Blaise Pascal to help ease the laborious task of calculating taxes.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025 Christie’s withdraws rare ‘first calculator’ from auction after French court halts export Move comes after French scientists issued urgent appeal to prevent La Pascaline from leaving the country
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025 Gustav Klimt painting that spared subject from Nazis breaks modern art price record The only higher public sale remains ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450m at Christie's
MusicRadar · Nov 18, 2025 "You never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul": Legendary $1 billion Jim Irsay Collection to be auctioned in 2026, including Kurt Cobain's Teen Spirit Fender Mustang Auctions will begin in March next year
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Rare first-issue of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to fetch up to £120k at auction The piece originates from a scarce collection featuring 17 of Blake’s poems
Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025 Rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem expected to sell for up to £120,000 The print comes from the rare first issue of Blake’s Songs Of Experience.
The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025 The sparkling ‘Blue Mellon’ 9.51-carat diamond ring that just sold for millions at auction For decades, the stone was a part of a private collection
Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025 London Underground history: Rare draft version of Harry Beck's iconic Tube map being auctioned for £100,000 One of the most influential designs of the 20th century will be sold at Christie’s next month