Harry Potter book expected to fetch £50k at auction after owner almost sold in car boot sale for 50p

A Harry Potter first edition book which was going to be sold for 50p at a car boot sale is expected to fetch £50,000 at auction. Karen Rumsey, 59, was clearing out her home in Blackpool with daughter Charlotte, 28, when they found the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone copy.  It was one of … Read more

Stunning photos of Sean Connery and Ursula Andress on set of Dr No set to fetch £1.2K at auction

Rare photographs of the late Sir Sean Connery and Ursula Andress on the set of the first ever Bond film are heading for auction this week. The series of 12 black-and-white photographs arranged on a contact sheet were taken during the production of Terence Young’s iconic adaptation of Ian Fleming’s novel, Dr No.  It marked … Read more

Katie Holmes looks chic as she and beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. fetch things from the home decor store

Katie Holmes is NYC chic as she and beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. fetch things from the home decorating store   By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 22:50 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 17 November 2020 Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr. have been nearly inseparable since their romance went public in August. … Read more

Fired Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale writing a book and could fetch multi-million dollar deal

Brad Parscale, the former manager of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, is writing a book and could secure a multi-million dollar deal for his tell-all. Parscale worked on the president’s successful 2016 campaign and is close to him and several members of the Trump family, including Jared Kushner. The talk of a tell-all has shaken … Read more

Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind could fetch £29MILLION at auction

Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind and described as ‘completely pure’ could fetch £29MILLION at Swiss auction Dubbed ‘Spirit of the Rose’ after Russian ballet it is going up for sale Wednesday  14.83-ct rock is believed to be largest ever in ‘fancy vivid purple-pink’ category Just one percent of all the pink … Read more

Iron Age coin depicting warlord Caratacus set to fetch £30,000 at auction

A 2,000-year-old Iron Age coin depicting Britain’s first ever freedom fighter is set to become one of the most expensive ever sold. Described as the ‘most important single Iron Age coin ever found in this country’, the coin depicts the leader Caratacus, who resisted the Roman invasion in 43AD. It was minted in Hampshire shortly … Read more

Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction 

Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction Silver penny was discovered by John Denham, 64, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire   Was issued by Henry of Anjou between 1139 and 1148 during ‘Anarchy’ civil war Been given guide price of between £6,000 to £7,000 ahead of sale … Read more

Perfectly preserved £5 banknote dating back to 1863 is set to fetch £12,000 at auction

Royal Mint condition! Perfectly preserved £5 banknote dating back to 1863 is set to fetch £12,000 at auction One of the finest quality early black and white note the cataloguer has ever seen Signed by Matthew Marshall it represented the height of Victorian technology The live online auction to be held by Dix Noonan Webb … Read more

Lives of Victorians on the Norfolk Broads is revealed in 1886 photos set to fetch £50,000 at auction

A series of black and white photographs capturing life on the Norfolk Broads in Victorian times has emerged.  The charming photographs were discovered in a book titled ‘Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads’.  A rare intact copy of the book is being sold for £50,000.  There are various images showing locals harvesting reeds and taking … Read more

The £10m silver lining: Salvador Dali’s ‘heads full of clouds’ is expected to fetch a fortune

The £10m silver lining: Salvador Dali’s ‘heads full of clouds’ painting is expected to fetch a fortune when it goes under the hammer By David Wilkes for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 13 October 2020 He was the master of surrealism famed for his dream-like imagery. Now … Read more