NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare guitar designed and owned by renowned guitarist Les Paul sold for $180,000 as part of a two-day auction of his instruments and personal effects that raised nearly $5 million, Julien's Auctions said on Sunday. The guitar, a rare 1982 Gibson Les Paul prototype recording model, was among several of the iconic guitarist's instruments that sold in Los Angeles over the weekend. Other models included a 1951 Fender Nocaster... full story ![]()

The owner of an auction firm planning to sell a Banksy artwork that went missing claims it could fetch up to £1 million when it is sold next month.
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In an auction taking place Feb. 28 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, David Crosby will sell a selection of his personal items, including one of his earliest guitars that he played with in The Byrds in the 1960s...
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A rare psalm book from 1640 could fetch between $15 million to $30 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 26 in New York. “It’s going to be far and away the most expensive book ever sold,” David Redden, vice chairman of Sotheby’s auction house,...
yahoo.com (13 days ago)

A rare psalm book from 1640 could fetch between $15 million to $30 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 26 in New York. “It’s going to be far and away the most expensive book ever sold,” David Redden, vice chairman of Sotheby’s auction house,...
abcnews.com (1 month and 9 days ago)

A rare psalm book from 1640 could fetch between $15 million to $30 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 26 in New York. “It’s going to be far and away the most expensive book ever sold,” David Redden, vice chairman of Sotheby’s auction house,...
abcnews.com (1 month and 9 days ago)
A rare, pear-shaped diamond measuring nearly 75 carats will take center stage at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels auction in New York on April 17, the auction house announced Monday.
wsj.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
A collection of more than 200 "microcars" is expected to fetch more than $6 million at auction this weekend.
cnbc.com (3 months and 6 days ago)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of 11 surviving copies of the first book printed in America is hitting the auction block later this year and is expected to fetch as much as $30 million, which would make it...
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President John F. Kennedy's Air Force One bomber jacket sold for $570,000 at an auction on Sunday of items that belonged to a longtime aide, nearly 50 years after the president's assassination.
dailymail.co.uk (3 months and 3 days ago)
In stories on May 3 with a Trenton, N.J., dateline and on May 10 without a dateline about a legal fight over the planned auction of Kobe Bryant memorabilia, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number and value of items that Bryant's mother wants to sell at auction. She received a $450,000 advance and intends to sell 100 items in June. The stories incorrectly...
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