LOS ANGELES—The California house where Steve Jobs co-founded Apple is a historical site, and now the sandals he wore while pacing its floors have been sold for nearly $220,000, according to an auction house. The “well used” brown suede Birkenstocks dating to the mid-1970s set a record for the highest price ever paid for a…
18-Carat Pink Diamond Reaps $28.8 Million at Geneva Auction
GENEVA—A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond billed as a rarity sold at a Geneva auction for 28.4 million Swiss francs ($28.8 million), including fees and taxes, on the lower end of the expected range. The “Fortune Pink” fancy vivid pink stone, said to be the largest of its kind and shape to go on the block,…
Michael Schumacher’s Winning Ferrari Up for Auction in Geneva
GENEVA—The Ferrari driven to five race victories by Michael Schumacher during his World Championship-winning 2003 Formula 1 season is being auctioned next week in Geneva, auction house Sotheby’s said on Friday. The red “Chassis 229” Ferrari raced by German world champion driver Schumacher nine times could fetch up to $9.4 million, according to the sellers….
Luz Long’s Olympic Silver Auctioned for Nearly $500,000
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—The silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000, a sum the auction house said was a record price for a publicly sold second-place prize. Long walked arm in arm through the stadium with…
Paper-Business Family Auctions ‘Extraordinary’ US Heirloom Coins, Fetching $560,000
Descendants of a noteworthy paper manufacturer unearthed his collection of rare 19th-century gold coins during a house clearance. The treasure was auctioned off in London, England, fetching over half a million dollars and rocking the coin-collecting world in the process. The collection consisted of 13 gold coins in a custom box, a full United States…
Priciest Baseball Card Ever Sells at Auction for $12.6 Million
A baseball card sold for more than $12 million at auction, making it both the most valuable sports card and the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at auction. The Mickey Mantle baseball card from 1952 was graded a Mint+ 9.5 by Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, and was sold by Heritage Auctions for $12.6 million at 12:28 a.m. CST,…
Bidder Pays $2.8 Million for Jacket Worn in Space by Buzz Aldrin
NEW YORK—Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million. The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s, which handled the sale….
Marilyn Monroe Gown Auctioned for $218,000 as ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel Props Also Sell Big
By Peter Sblendorio From New York Daily News An iconic Marilyn Monroe dress and props from “Star Wars” and Marvel movies highlighted a heavyweight Hollywood auction that reached its grand finale Monday. A white-and-sheer gown worn by Monroe in the 1954 musical-comedy “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was the priciest of the 1,700 items…
Russian Journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize Fetches Record $103.5 Million at Auction to Aid Ukraine Children
Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia’s last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal on Monday for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with World Refugee Day on Monday,…
$9 Check Signed By Steve Jobs Four Decades Ago Could Fetch $25,000 at Auction
A check for $9.18, signed by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs over four decades ago, could fetch over $25,000 at an auction that features other rare items connected to the late tech entrepreneur. What Happened The check bears Jobs’ signature and is dated 23 July 1976, the same year when Apple was founded by him and Steve Wozniak. The…
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