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GOLDEN YEARS

Rare Gold Rush-Era $10 Coin Sells for Jaw-Dropping Price

The coin was minted in 1852 and is just one of seven known to have survived the century-and-a-half since.

Will Neal

Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jurassic Park
SPARED NO EXPENSE

‘Jurassic Park’ Prop Sold for Eye-Popping Amount

A piece of Jurassic Park history has just fetched a jaw-dropping sum at auction.

Erkki Forster

Bear
'HOLY GRAIL'

‘Stuffed Fox’ Turns Out to Be Extinct Animal Worth $84K

An antiques shopper bought the googly-eyed head on impulse, unaware it was an incredibly rare extinct animal.

Tomas Thor

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ONE SMALL...

Pen That Saved Moon Landing Astronauts’ Lives Up for Auction

The unlikely space artifact is expected to fetch up to $1.2 million.

Charlie Sherwood

Titanic life jacket
A TITANIC FEE

Rare Titanic Artifact Sells for Almost $1 Million

It comes 114 years after more than 1,500 people died when the ship hit an iceberg.

Harry Thompson

David Gilmour performs at Pula Arena on September 12, 2015 in Pula, Croatia.
DARK SIDE

’70s Rocker’s Guitar Smashes Auction Record in Bidding War

The sale of the Fender Stratocaster is more than double the previous record set by Kurt Cobain.

Ewan Palmer

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Peter Paul Rubens', (1933). Portrait of Flemish painter Rubens (1577-1640), considered by many to be one of the greatest painters in European art history, a master of the Baroque style and the most important Flemish painter of the 17th century.
GAMBLE

Painting Bought on a ‘Hunch’ Turns Out to Be Masterpiece

The anonymous work was purchased at an auction house somewhere in northern Europe.

Harry Thompson

Kiyoshi Kimura (C), president of Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai, displays a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2026, after the New Year's auction at Toyosu fish market. A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna January 5 at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo's main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)
TO THE TUNA MILLIONS

Tuna King Sets New Record for Most Expensive Bluefin Bought

Great fish for perfect sushi is big business in Japan.

Harry Thompson

President Donald Trump speaks to guests during a New Year’s Eve event at his Mar-a-Lago home on December 31, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.
OUT OF TOUCH

Billionaire Trump, 79, Dismisses $2 Million as ‘Peanuts’

The president used a New Year’s Eve auction at Mar-a-Lago to show Americans how he really thinks about money.

David Gardner

Star Wars Painting Auction
PIECE OF HISTORY

Iconic ‘Star Wars’ Painting Sells for Record $3.8M

The airbrushed painting was used as the film’s promotional poster prior to its release in 1977.

Tom Sanders

Christ on the cross
FINDERS KEEPERS

Centuries-Old Painting Found by Chance Sells for $2.7M

The rare work by Peter Paul Rubens had been missing for more than four centuries.

Harry Thompson

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