Wizbang Pop!: At Auction Archives

Marilyn's clothes, Elvis' pill bottles for sale

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 27, 2009 · Comments (1)

Marilyn Monroe's coffee table and Elvis Presley's prescription bottles are going up for auction. Julien's Auctions will also sell clothing, autographed photos and other Monroe memorabilia, including items from her Brentwood, Calif., home, and jewelry, books and other items that Presley gave to his longtime personal physician, Dr. Nick.... [Full Story]

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Rare Hepburn Stamp Goes on Auction

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 26, 2009 · Comments (1)

The rare special stamp featuring late British actress Audrey Hepburn is on display in Berlin on Friday, March 27, 2009. The stamp will be auctioned Tuesday, May 26, 2009, and is said to be worth more than $40,000. In 2001, the German government printed the Audrey Hepburn stamps as part... [Full Story]

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Top artists still setting records at Christies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 18, 2009 · Comments (0)

David Hockney's painting "Beverly Hills Housewife" sold for a record $7.9 million after fierce bidding last week, a sign that collectors are eager to buy rare and high-quality works despite the recession, the Christie's auction house said. A Claes Oldenburg sculpture "Typewriter Eraser," from 1976, also set a record,... [Full Story]

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Hollywood Wax Museum Auctions Wax Celebs

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 5, 2009 · Comments (1)

Wax figures of all four Beatles brought in nearly $13,000 at the first auction in the 44-year history of the Hollywood Wax Museum. "The Last Supper" -- wax representations of Jesus and the 12 disciples -- commanded more than $15,000 in the weekend auction that sold close to a... [Full Story]

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Heiress Doris Duke's Being Auctioned

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: April 29, 2009 · Comments (0)

More than 1,000 objects that Heiress Doris Duke collected and had on her 2,700-acre estate, Duke Farms, will be sold at a public auction this weekend as the estate is converted into a public environmental center. Proceeds go to benefit the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The auction will have... [Full Story]

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Painting by Hitler cleans up at Auction

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: April 24, 2009 · Comments (2)

Handout photo from Mullock's Auctioneers of a painting, believed to be a 1910 self portrait by Adolf Hitler and identified by the initials 'A.H', written beside the figure. What the British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler have sold at auction... [Full Story]

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Yves Saint Laurent Auction Set Record

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: February 24, 2009 · Comments (0)

A major work by the French painter Henri Matisse sold for a record $40.6 million on Monday as the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's art collection was auctioned in Paris. Bids for the collection hit $261.5 million on Monday, making it the most expensive private art collection ever... [Full Story]

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Testa Rossa expected to break auction records

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: February 17, 2009 · Comments (0)

RM Auctions and Sotheby's are teaming up for a spring auction that should be one for the record books: A 1957 Ferrari 250 "pontoon-fendered" Testa Rossa once owned by racing driver Piero Drogo, one of only 22 built, will go on the block on May 17 in Maranello, Italy.... [Full Story]

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Rare 1937 Bugatti supercar found in English garage

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: January 5, 2009 · Comments (2)

In this undated image released by Bonhams, an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, is seen in a garage in Gosforth, England, where it was found by relatives after the death of the owner, an elderly doctor who last used it around 1960. The Bugatti, one of only 17... [Full Story]

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Famous blue diamond sells for record price

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: December 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

Becky Markley holds the Wittelbach diamond, a rare 35.6 carat 17th century grey-blue diamond, at Christie's auction house in London, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The diamond was part of the dowry of the Infanta Mararita Teresa upon her engagement to Leopold I of Austria, given by her father King... [Full Story]

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"Battlestar Galactica" items up for auction

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 6, 2008 · Comments (0)

Geeks save the date: NBC Universal has finalized plans to auction props, costumes and set pieces from Sci Fi Channel's concluding cult-favorite "Battlestar Galactica." The company has booked a weekend at the Pasadena Convention Center for the auction, coinciding with the return of the show on January 16. The... [Full Story]

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Pooh sketch makes $50,000

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 5, 2008 · Comments (0)

An original drawing of A.A. Milne's popular children's characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Piglet fetched $50,000 at auction on Tuesday. The amount, which includes a 20 percent buyer's premium, comfortably beat pre-sale expectations of up to $40,000, not including the premium. The oval pencil sketch by E.H. Shepard, one of... [Full Story]

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Berlin Wall goes under the hammer

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 19, 2008 · Comments (0)

Four graffiti-covered giant slabs of the Berlin Wall could fetch as much as $4,350 each at an auction Friday, a Berlin auction house said Thursday. The four 2.8-tonne chunks of the wall that once divided Communist East Berlin and capitalist West Berlin are pieces of German history, said Hans... [Full Story]

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Golden Calf Fetches $18 Million at Auction

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 16, 2008 · Comments (1)

Brit artist Damien Hirst smashed his previous auction record with the $18.5 million sale of a gold tipped bull in formaldehyde on the first day of his major solo sale at Sotheby's in London Monday. Entitled The Golden Calf, the controversial artist's work exceeded the top end of its... [Full Story]

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Rock Auction Nets Less Than Expected

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 5, 2008 · Comments (0)

I little while back we told you about an upcoming rock memorabilia auction going down in London town. So the results are in. The big ticket items all brought in less than expected. A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at... [Full Story]

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Beatles Contract to be Auctioned

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 14, 2008 · Comments (0)

The musicians put their signatures to the agreement in January 1962.An original copy of the 1962 management contract signed by the Beatles and Brian Epstein is expected to fetch $500,000 at an auction in London. The document, signed by all four musicians, will go on sale along with other... [Full Story]

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Hendrix guitar, Morrison notebook to be auctioned

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 16, 2008 · Comments (1)

One of Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitars, set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later this year. The guitar, a 1965 Fender Stratocaster, was famously doused with lighter fuel and set alight by the rock... [Full Story]

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Life for sale; Friends included

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 1, 2008 · Comments (0)

A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100,000 less than his target price. Ian Usher, 44, held the seven-day auction of all his belongings, including his three-bedroom home in the... [Full Story]

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Monet Painting goes for 80.5 Million at auction

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 25, 2008 · Comments (0)

Claude Monet's painting "Le Bassin aux Nympheas," seen here, sold for 40.9 million pounds (51.7 million euros, 80.5 million dollars) at an auction in London on Tuesday, smashing the previous record auction price for the artist's work. ... [Full Story]

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For the Beatle fan who has everything: Paul's hair

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 16, 2008 · Comments (0)

Hitting the auction block on June 18th, at Bonhams of London, is a lock of hair from one Sir Paul McCartney. A 44 year old lock of hair at that. According to the Bonhams lot 260 detail: This lock of hair was won by the vendor's mother, who was... [Full Story]

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Athena Onassis heiress to sell off her mother's jewels

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 10, 2008 · Comments (0)

Athina Onassis, the heiress once dubbed 'the richest little girl in the world', is selling millions of dollars of jewellery she inherited. The only surviving descendant of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, 23-year-old Athina has decided to sell more than 40 pieces owned by her mother, Christina, who died... [Full Story]

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Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 6, 2008 · Comments (0)

A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country. In a society where melons are a luxury item commonly given as gifts, the watermelon's hefty price tag followed another jaw-dropping auction last... [Full Story]

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Own a piece of patterned history!

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 30, 2008 · Comments (2)

How much would you pay for one of Bill Cosby's old sweaters? Say, $5,000? Three of Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable's distinctive Cosby Show sweaters are being auctioned off on eBay's Giving Works charity listing, beginning June 2. Bids start at $5,000, and the proceeds will go to Hello Friend/Ennis William... [Full Story]

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Save the Whales, Save the World

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 22, 2008 · Comments (0)

The 'Heroes' actress is offering the winning bidder and five guests the chance to join her at a fundraising dinner at Eva Longoria's restaurant, Beso. The following week, the winner and their five friends will go to lunch and on a private whale-watching tour off the coast of California.... [Full Story]

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Lucian Freud Painting Goes for $33.6 Million

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 19, 2008 · Comments (1)

Lucian Freud, the 85-year-old flesh- and-flab-loving British painter, became the world's priciest living artist at auction last night when his graceful portrait of a 280-pound civil servant named Sue fetched $33.6 million at Christie's International in New York. The 1995 Freud was one of eight records smashed in an... [Full Story]

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