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A rare original Hermès Birkin bag is heading to auction, and it could break records by surpassing the $500,000 mark. Discover what makes this iconic handbag so valuable.

IN FOCUS: As Sotheby’s prepares to auction off the first ever Birkin bag, inspired by French screen star Jane Birkin, Annabel Nugent looks into the history of the iconic style – and what it takes to secure one today

A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world's most valuable documents'', according to two UK academics. It remained tucked away in Harvard Law School library for years, its true identity and value unknown until now.

The document is over 700 years old

Tests were carried out on the Harvard Law School Library document and it was confirmed to be an original issue of the Magna Carta from 1300.

A diamond-encrusted platinum Rolex Daytona could one day be snatched by a rich Gen Z as the young generation looks for non-traditional ways to invest.

The painting by the Italian master Sandro Botticelli is at risk of leaving the country

Almost 2,000 years ago in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India, someone deposited a cache of gems inside a reliquary (a container for holy relics), along with some bone fragments and ash. The gems were precious, but the bones and ash even more so, for according to an inscription on the reliquary,…

Sotheby’s in Hong Kong postponed an auction of gems with ties to early Buddhism after backlash from India’s government, which said the jewels were the country's religious and cultural heritage.