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US teen buys Wilt Chamberlain jacket in thrift store that sells for $89,600

The $3 purchase was authenticated as a rare piece from Chamberlain’s final NBA season

The Guardian - US

Wilt Chamberlain Lakers jacket found by a teen at a thrift store could fetch over $150K at auction

A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was found in an Oregon thrift store could fetch more than $150,000 in an auction closing Monday

The Independent UK

One of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's leather jackets has fetched an auction price of $960,000: 'It has become a symbol for the vision at the forefront of the AI revolution'

And now I have it I'm going to frame it and stick it up on my wall.

PC Gamer

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's leather jacket sells for nearly $1 million at Sotheby’s auction

One of Jensen Huang's black leather jackets, a 2023 Tom Ford example, sellsfor $960,000 at a New York auction.

TechRadar

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s trademark leather jacket raises nearly $1 Million at charity auction — bidding makes $60,000 valuation look like pocket change

‘The Jensen Jacket’ achieved a hammer price of $960,000 this weekend.

Tom’s Hardware

Jensen Huang's signature black leather jacket just sold at Sotheby's for nearly $1 million—and the money is going to young tech builders

The Nvidia CEO's Tom Ford jacket, photomatched to a 2023 Taipei appearance, carried a $40,000-$60,000 estimate.

Fortune

A rare bronze inspired by a 2,000-year-old masterpiece vanished for 150 years, then became the most expensive Neoclassical sculpture ever sold

A 19th-century bronze sculpture, the Hamilton Laocoön, sold for £13.6 million at Sotheby's. This price established a new record for a Neoclassical sculpture at auction. The bronze is a rare interpretation of an ancient Roman masterpiece unearthed in 1506. This significant work had not been available at auction for approximately…

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Pele's 1958 FIFA World Cup final jersey sold for a whopping $5 million at US auction house

Pele's 1958 World Cup final shirt fetched USD 4.9 million at auction. This iconic jersey was worn during Brazil's first World Cup victory. The shirt is now the second most expensive football jersey ever sold. It trails only Diego Maradona's 1986 World Cup shirt. Pele, a three-time World Cup winner,…

The Economic Times

Portland teen thrifts a Los Angeles Lakers jacket for $3. Discovers it’s worth 83,000 times what he paid

He grabbed it right after another person tossed it into a clothing bin.

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One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000

Second man on moon’s Duro Rocket pen, crucial to Apollo 11 return, reaches astronomical sum at Sotheby’s auction

The Guardian - UK

‘Gus’ the T. rex becomes most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold for $50M

The 67-million-year-old skeleton is billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens

The Independent UK

What science loses when ‘T. rex’ becomes a trophy

On July 14, 2026, “Gus,” one of the most complete specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, went to an as yet unidentified buyer for US$50.1 million. This auction at Sotheby’s set a record for most valuable fossil ever sold. Another dinosaur has entered the luxury collectibles market, a reminder that even Earth’s…

The Conversation

T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota

The Guardian - US

Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists

Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming research

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International Business Times UK

Billionaires Race To Buy $30M T. Rex Fossil for Their Collections; Scientists Fear Losing Access to History

A rare T. rex fossil could fetch $30 million (£22 million), raising fears that private buyers are pricing museums out of the market and limiting scientific research on significant prehistoric finds.

Tom’s Hardware

Sotheby’s video showcases working Apple-1 serial number 01-0033 — part of its upcoming History of Science & Technology sale

Sotheby’s is preparing a blockbuster History of Science & Technology sale packed with amazing artifacts and collectors’ items which includes a working Apple-1, serial number 01-0033.

The Times of India

The emperor's new receipt: Rs 59 cr for a banana? Inside the world of absurd art pricing

In a very exclusive room far far away, a very ordinary looking wooden gavel comes down on an equally ordinary looking rostrum and somehow millions of dollars have transpired within that quarter of a second.

The Guardian - UK

Team for now, not a squad for later – Spurs are spending big but what is it for?

Tottenham’s strategies have changed over the years and this summer’s transfer splurge marks a sharp turn away from the Levy years

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Tom’s Hardware

Jensen Huang’s iconic signed leather jacket expected to fetch up to $60,000 in charity auction — Sotheby’s says item was worn at a Foxconn Tech Day in 2023 and the signature has been professionally authenticated

One of Jensen Huang’s used leather jackets is up for auction, with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. The money will go to charity.

The Independent UK

Rembrandt painting altered by unknown artist to erase turban, restorers find

The painting has now been restored ahead of an auction

The Guardian - UK

Rembrandt painting was altered to erase turban from man’s head, restorers find

Exclusive: Unknown hand covered up artist’s depiction of diverse crowd during influx of refugees to Leiden in 1620s

France 24

Modigliani nude sets European auction record at London art sale

A London auction of artworks from billionaire Joe Lewis's private collection raised $392.6 million on Wednesday, led by an Amedeo Modigliani nude portrait that set a European auction record. The first sale featured 48 works by artists including Pablo Picasso, René Magritte and Gustav Klimt. Lewis, former majority owner of…

Euronews

Rare masterpieces from former Tottenham FC owner's collection head to auction in London

The collection, belonging to billionaire and former Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis, features masterpieces by Modigliani, Klimt, Picasso and Freud.

The Independent UK

Claude Monet water lily painting could sell for £40m at record London auction

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The Independent UK

Iconic Monet water lily and rare wife paintings set for record breaking London auction

The French artists 1907 Nympheas painting could fetch between £30m to £40m according to Sotheby’s

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