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Collection including masterpieces by Klimt and Schiele to fetch ‘up to £150m’ at auction

Collection comes from Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne, whose family owns Tottenham Hotspur

The Independent UK

Masterpieces by Klimt, Matisse and Freud set for London’s most valuable auction

Sotheby’s said collection of billionaire Spurs’ owner Joe Lewis and daughter Vivienne expected to fetch more than £150m in June sale

The Guardian - UK

“The amount of songs that were coming out of him is almost unprecedented”: Noel Gallagher's workhorse Epiphone – featured in the Wonderwall music video – is expected to exceed expectations at auction

The Epiphone EJ-200, used during the writing sessions of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, is currently subject to an online bidding war

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Elvis’ 1968 Comeback Special Hagstrom Viking II is heading to auction (again) – and is now expected to sell for more than $1 million

The history-making guitar – which was only played by Elvis once and originally belonged to one of his session players – fetched $625,000 in 2021

Guitar World

Noel Gallagher guitar from Oasis ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ sessions goes up for auction

Noel Gallagher's signed acoustic guitar used on Oasis' second album '(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?' about to go under the hammer at Sotheby's and could fetch up to £60,000.

Euronews

You Won't Believe What These 12 Vintage Luxury Fashion Pieces Are Worth at Auction Today

From Schiaparelli surrealist couture to the original Hermes Birkin, explore 12 collectible designer items in vintage luxury fashion worth millions.

Fashion Times

Some might pay: Noel Gallagher guitar used to write Oasis’s second album to be auctioned

Signed acoustic guitar used on (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – the bestselling album of the 90s – could fetch up to £60,000 at Sotheby’s

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Watches like this $455,000 timepiece can't be made by a machine—and that's exactly why they're the ultimate flex amid the analog revival

Watches with maximum 'complications' are the stars of the $60 billion luxury watch boom.

Fortune

Someone bought this photo at a yard sale: it could now be worth $1 million!

The extraordinary provenance of Edward Steichen's image tells us something profound about how photography gets valued

Digital Camera World

Woman walks into Hermès without an appointment. She can’t believe the response when she asks for a Birkin: ‘Begging to spend 10s of thousands is wild’

With Sotheby’s reporting that prices range from $15,000 to $35,000, Birkin bags are the must-have accessory for any serious luxury shopper. According to Sotheby’s, demand for the Hermès product has never been higher. Birkin sales were up by 70% in 2025, compared to 2024. Moreover, they’ve nearly doubled since 2023.

The Mary Sue

Guerrilla Artist Banksy’s True Identity Finally Revealed By Bombshell Investigation

"I was thinking he'd be a young bald Polish guy with a bunch of tattoos."

Bored Panda

‘He paints phalluses the way others paint landscapes’: the disturbing genius of erotica pioneer Félicien Rops

A new exhibition at Kunsthaus Zurich revisits the Belgian artist whose wild women of the demimonde scandalised the belle epoque – and still shock audiences today

The Guardian - UK

David Hockney’s first English landscape on show for first time in almost 30 years

English Garden, painted in 1965, is on display before it goes under the hammer with estimate of £2.5m-£3.5m

The Guardian - UK

Rembrandt lion drawing raises $18m for big cat conservation at US auction

Chalk artwork sold for record price at a New York Sotheby’s auction with proceeds going to the Panthera charity

The Guardian - US

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The Independent UK

Here’s how much your house has to be worth to be considered a ‘luxury home’

The luxury home price threshold is up more than $300,000 over the last decade, highlighting how at least this part of the housing market is withstanding economic pressures

GOBankingRates

The Most Expensive Auction Items Sold This Past Year

These are the most expensive auction items sold in 2025.

Evening Standard

Only Fools and Horses’ most iconic London filming locations

From Nelson Mandela House to Sotheby’s, these London spots played starring roles in the beloved BBC sitcom

GOBankingRates

7 Outrageous Things the Wealthy Bought This Year — and Where ChatGPT Says Money Is Flowing

Here's a look at shocking items wealthy people bought from Christie's and Sotheby's auctions in 2025.

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Cycling News

Tadej Pogačar's rainbow Colnago Y1Rs sells for nearly $200,000 at auction

Last-minute bids push final offer up to $190,500

Evening Standard

Bing and Kathryn Crosby’s private collection to go under the hammer

Some 185 items belonging to the Hollywood couple were going on sale at Sotheby’s in New York later this month.

Cycling News

A $70,000 bike? Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France-winning Colnago Y1Rs up for auction

Slovenian's 2025 Tour de France bike among four famous Colnagos currently being auctioned at Sotheby's

Cycling Weekly

Colnago Y1Rs Tadej Pogačar rode at Tour de France and won World Championships on sells for $190,500, more than 10 times its value new

He didn't stop there on the Colnago, either, winning the World Championships and the Europeans too, oh and Il Lombardia

Benzinga

'We've Seen A Very Strong Demand In The Art Market,' Art Auction Sales Projected To Jump 50% This Year

Early reports from this week's New York fall art auctions show that experts’ sales totals predictions will be far surpassed.

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Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer: Why a $236 Million Sale Redefines Modern Art’s Value

On November 18, 2025, Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for $236.4 million after a 20‑minute bidding war at Sotheby’s in New York. The...

Euronews

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly €50 million, breaking auction record for female artists

In its catalogue note, Sotheby’s said the painting “offers a spectral meditation on the porous boundary between sleep and death.”

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