One of the most recognizable cars of all time will be up for auction when Bonhams features James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 at its Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale on July 13, 2018. It's expected to sell for between £1.2 million and £1.6 million (US$1.6 million to $2.1 million).
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On May 19, music lovers and collectors will get their chance to snag a treasure trove of memorabilia linked to rock and pop icons. Among many items of clothing, handwritten song lyrics and instruments once owned by rock's greatest stars is an gem of a find that's not been seen in public since 1965.
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Wernher von Braun's archive of signed technical drawings, schematics, orbital diagrams, and mathematical calculations related to his efforts to sell an ambitious space program to the American public is the centerpiece of the Space and Aviation Auction at Boston-based RR Auction through April 19.
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Man's best friend is finally getting some architect-designed digs, courtesy of well-known firms, including Zaha Hadid Design and Studio Octopi. The dog shelters will be sold at auction to raise money for Britain's Blue Cross animal charity.
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At 8.7 meters (28.5 ft) long and 2.6 meters (8.5 ft) high, and with a price tag somewhere north of US$1.5 million, this 155 million-year-old skeleton is not for everyone, but it is certainly one of the most impressive and imposing artifacts of natural history ever to go to auction.
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The 21-window Volkswagen Samba bus from the popular television sitcom That 70s Show (1998 to 2006) is heading for auction at Barrett-Jackson's Palm Beach Auction on Saturday, April 14, 2018 and the world record for a Volkswagen at auction might well fall.
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It's not often that you get to buy a complete competitive Grand Prix team. Even rarer is the opportunity to buy one seemingly emergent from an 82-year time-warp, but that's the case on March 24, 2018 when a 1936 Brooke E.R.A Monoposto and its in-period Bedford Transporter go up for sale.
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The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance takes place on March 11, 2018. We'll have a full coverage of the concours next week, but the subject of this article is the auction cluster which surrounds this prestigious classic car event.
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Rétromobile has been running since 1976, when the most expensive car in the world cost less than $100,000 and long before the term retro had become fashionable. It is one of those places where auctions truly can throw up some remarkable objets d'automotive art. This year it did not disappoint.
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There was a tinge of sadness about this year's Motorclassica Show in Melbourne. Motorclassica is to Australia what Retromobile is to France and Techno Classica is to Germany, being the celebration of a 120 year-old automotive culture.
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