Auction

Peter Fonda's Stars and Stripes helmet from the movie Easy Rider (1969) went to auction seven days ago ... and failed to raise a single bid of $25,000. By my assessment, it's worth more than $500,000. What happened?

One of two Apple Macintosh prototypes extant and already the most valuable Apple Macintosh to have ever sold at auction, #M0001 is heading for auction at Bonhams’ History of Science & Technology Sale on 23 October 2024.

Some of the most important landmarks in world history sold at Christie's New York auction of the Paul G Allen Collection today, many of them smashing auction records, while some lots inexplicably sold well below existing market value.

Honda’s six-pot CBX prices have doubled to $50,000 in just five years … but an obscure auction this week might see a perfect specimen sell for peanuts

The computer mouse changed the world. Apple & Microsoft pioneered the mouse to global adoption. Now one of the very first batch is going to auction ...

Imagine a 'perfect storm' on the auction block, where historical importance, rarity, massive demand, the provenance of several of history’s most important people and fortuitous timing all coincide to multiply the sale price to unprecedented levels.

This fire-breathing 27-liter 1,800-horsepower Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine famously powered the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, Lancaster and Mosquito WW2 aircraft. It's been mounted on a trailer and really is a sight to behold and feel.

If you've ever wanted to own a fallout shelter of your own, this might be your chance: a bonafide Cold War nuclear bunker dating back to the 1950s is about to head to auction, starting at approximately $20,000.

The Q1 desktop microcomputer, the world's first microcomputer that was uncovered in storage boxes by accident by cleaners at Kingston University in London, is going on the auction block at Heritage Auctions, along with a later version and a printer.

Updated April 17, 2024: With 18 hours to go, online bidding for one of the original Ducati 750 racers that launched the brand into international consciousness in 1972 has reached $597,200 ($510,000 bid + $87,200 buyer's premium) and the reserve price (the price at which it will sell) has not yet been achieved.

John Lennon's 1964 Framus 5/024 Hootenanny famously played on the title track of The Beatles' 1965 album Help! – and believed lost for more than 50 years – is heading to auction next month, where it's expected to break records.

Two-stroke streetbikes have never sold well at auction – but in the last few weeks, something strange has been happening. Kawasaki's Mach IV H2, the notorious 750cc "Widowmaker," is setting record prices after a flurry of sales to a single buyer.