Queen Victoria's 52-inch waist knickers go for £600 at auctionSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - A bizarre heirloom of the Royal Family has emerged in the form of a pair of oversized knickers belonging to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The linen "split drawers", which had been hidden in a private collection for 100 years, measured 52 inches around the waist, and were sold at auction for 600 pounds to the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection charity.
Rare white 5 found note issued in 1913 fetches 1,700 pounds at auctionSeptember 5th, 2009 LONDON - A rare 5-pound note issued by Barnards Bank of Bedford in 1913 has fetched 1,700 pounds at an auction. Bedford-based auctioneers W andH Peacocks sold off another white 10 pounds note, released by the bank in October 1906, for 900 pounds.
Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott auctions space rocks collectionAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott has sold almost his entire collection of space rocks that gathered 113,000 pounds at an auction in Edinburgh. The full-time dealer placed the 171 items,that were expected to fetch more than 500,000 pounds, under the hammer at the Lyon and Turnbull Auction House.
"Mein Kampf" copy signed by Hitler fetches £21k at auctionAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - A signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" has fetch 21,000 pounds at an auction. The semi-autobiographical work outlining Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology was sold at Mullock's auctions at Ludlow racecourse, Shropshire.
NRIs jointly buy Nehru, Gandhi letters in London auctionJuly 14th, 2009 LONDON - A series of letters written by Gandhi and Nehru and a piece of signed khadi cloth were sold by Sotheby's Tuesday for a total of 17,500 pounds, the London auction house said. The Gandhi items were bought jointly by two prominent Indian-origin industrialists - Ghulam Noon, founder of Noon Products and popularly known as Britain's Curry King, and Nat Puri, founder of Purico Group.
Picasso's painting, Giacometti sculpture fail to sell at auctionMay 7th, 2009 LONDON - An auction in New York witnessed a sheer lack of buyers for a painting by Picasso and a Giacometti sculpture, despite the fact that they had been expected to fetch up to 16million pounds each. The two items that failed to sell at auction were Picasso's The Daughter Of The Artist At Two-and-a-half Years With A Boat, and Giacometti's The Cat.
2 watercolors signed 'Adolf Hitler' fetch total euro32,000 at auction in GermanyApril 25th, 2009 2 Hitler watercolors auctioned in GermanyFRANKFURT — A pair of watercolors signed "Adolf Hitler" and depicting farm scenes fetched a combined total of euro32,000 ($42,000) at an auction in Germany on Saturday, an auction house official said. Kathrin Weidler, a manager at the Weidler Auction House in Nuremberg, declined to identify the new owner of the two paintings — "Farmstead," which went for euro18,000, and "Farm Buildings on the River," which sold for euro14,000.
Dog's medal for World War II heroics sold at UK auctionApril 24th, 2009 Hero dog's medal sold in UK auctionLONDON — A medal awarded to a dog who sniffed out scores of survivors in rubble of the Blitz was sold at auction Friday for 24,250 pounds ($35,700.)
Auctioneers said the buyer chose to remain anonymous. The sale price was 10,000 pounds higher than the estimate.
Hitler's self-portrait fetches 10k pounds at auctionApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.
Dog's medal for World War II heroics sold at British auctionApril 24th, 2009 Hero dog's World War II medal sold in UK auctionLONDON — A medal awarded to a dog who sniffed out survivors in rubble of the Blitz was sold at auction in London on Friday for 24,250 pounds ($35,700.)
The buyer at the sale at Spink auctioneers chose to remain anonymous. The sale price was 10,000 pounds higher than the estimate, and beat the previous record of 23,000 pounds for the Dickin Medal awarded to Simon, the ship's cat on HMS Amethyst.
WWII Spitfire up for sale at £2mMarch 30th, 2009 LONDON - A fully functioning Second World War Spitfire has been put up for sale at 2milllion pounds. While the plane was originally, a single-seater, it has been refitted with a passenger seat.
Elvis Presley's short poem sells for $20,000March 29th, 2009 LONDON - A short poem written by rock and roll legend Elvis Presley about a dead bird has sold at an auction for a staggering $20,000 (14,000 pounds). The King of Rock scrawled the rhyme on a piece of paper after apparently killing a robin that perched on his window ledge, reports contactmusic.com.
Versace's possessions fetch over 7M poundsMarch 20th, 2009 LONDON - An auction of murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace's possessions has raised over 7 million pounds. Items from his Villa Fontanelle home-including huge classical statues of naked wrestlers, furniture and paintings-went under the hammer on March 18.
Rod Stewart's loses #125,000 in two supercars auctionMarch 14th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran British rocker Rod Stewart, 64, suffered a loss of 125,000 pounds when two of his supercars were sold at an auction in London. While the rocker had bought the Ferrari Superamerica and the sky-blue Lamborghini Gallardo for 150,000 pounds each, the two vehicles fetched altogether about 175,000 pounds, just over half their original price.
Doctor Who 'King of Daleks' to go under the hammerMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - A rare Dalek from Doctor Who, found among a company's assets after it was force under by the recession, is set to go under the hammer later this month. The treasured item is expected to fetch up to 18,000 pounds.
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