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Australia

Russell Crowe's 'divorce' auction sells millions worth of movie props

The auction at Sotheby's, 'The Art of Divorce' attracted dozens of buyers and spectators and reaped in more than $208 million dollars in Sydney.

USA

Biggest-ever auction in aid of charity as Rockefeller art is donated for good causes

The legendary art collection from one of America's greatest families is attracted strong interest from super-wealthy buyers, but smaller lots are at more affordable estimates, including jewelry, furniture and fine china.

World News

Picasso and Money under the hammer

Picasso's Young Girl with a Flower Basket joins works by Monet and Gauguin in an auction at Christies which is expected to make nearly half a billion euros

Cult

Britain's most expensive car up for auction

This 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato ‘2 VEV’ is expected to reach up to £15m at auction in Paris

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Tokyo tuna fetches nearly 250,000 at auction

Hundreds of thousands of euros' worth of fish is auctioned off in Tokyo.

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A mammoth goes under the hammer in Lyon

The skeleton of a woolly mammoth has sold at auction for 430,000 euros in Lyon, France

Germany

Want to live the dream and buy your own Alpine village? Here's how...

The tiny German village of Alwine in Domsdorf goes under the hammer this weekend

France

15,000-year-old mammoth skeleton heads for auction

'Exceptional specimen' comes armed with 3-metre-long tusks

Living

Take a look at this 709-carat diamond

A 709-carat diamond found in Sierra Leone is being shown off before it goes on auction in New York.

France

Rare Tintin work fetches over half a million euros

Rare Tintin work fetches 505,000 euros at auction.

France

Rare Tintin drawing sells for more than 500,000 euros at Paris auction

The rare artwork was among several items by Belgian artist Hergé to go under the hammer

USA

Listed: the world’s most-expensive paintings sold at auction

What other works of art have collectors paid millions of euros for?

USA

Da Vinci painting sells for world record $450m

The price for Da Vinci's portrait of Christ was more than double the previous record.

Cult

Iconic rock memorabilia goes under the hammer

Memorabilia belonging to some of the 20th Century's biggest icons such as Elvis Presley's pink Cadillac is to go under the hammer in New York.

USA

Rock and roll legends' relics go on auction

Items once owned by Roll and Roll legends such as Elvis and Jimi Hendrix are going under the hammer this weekend.

United Kingdom

Leonardo da Vinci's $100 million rediscovered painting

It's currently on display at Christie's in London before its sale next month in New York.

Israel

How to be happy, according to Einstein (without paying €1.3m)

Physicist's notes sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction

World News

Rare letter by Titanic victim to his mother, is to be auctioned in the UK

A Titanic victim's letter to his mother, written the day before the sinking of the vessel, is expected to sell for thousands at an auction in the UK

France

Asterix drawing sells for record 1.4m euros in Paris

An original illustration for the cover of one of the early Asterix comic books has sold for a record €1.4m at auction in Paris, more than seven times its expected price.

Cult

'Lost' Leonardo Da Vinci painting to be auctioned

The last Leonardo de Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction in New York in November