Bonhams to Hold Auction in Hong Kong for Rare Leica Cameras Oct03

Bonhams to Hold Auct...

Famed auction house Bonhams is set to hold a sizable auction containing some of the most prestigious and rare Leica cameras to date. The collection contains more than 250 piece of Leica cameras and accessories from a group of select collectors including the estate of late Dr. George Daniels...

Shipwrecked 200-year old Champagne goes under the hammer May18

Shipwrecked 200-year...

Prosaic one might say, but these bubbles took two centuries to rise up to the surface. A cache of 200-year-old bottles of Champagne discovered at the bottom the Baltic is to be auctioned next month. Four bottles of Veuve Clicquot, six bottles from the now-defunct Champagne house Juglar, and...

Abandoned Ferrari Enzo found in Dubai Apr26

Abandoned Ferrari En...

Any takers? Dubai police say they will be auctioning off an abandoned Ferrari Enzo—one of only 399 in the world—after the unnamed Brit owner fled the nation, allegedly for not paying his traffic fines.   Dubai police say the Enzo, one of the top ten fastest supercars in the world,...

Rare Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac breaks record Mar15

Rare Remy Martin Lou...

Spink held its inaugural fine wine auction in Hong Kong on March 8 to overwhelming success. A rare bottle of Remy Martin Louis XIII Rare Cask cognac went under the hammer for a whopping HK $183,000. Never seen before on the Hong Kong market, the covetable bottle is one of 786 bottles drawn...

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Sold on auction for a Record $4.62 Million Jan23

1955 Mercedes-Benz 3...

Recently put on the block by Gooding & Company, the ultra-rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy recently fetched $4.62 million dollars at auction, making it the most expensive purchase of its kind. With only 29 versions ever built with an aluminum body, auto insiders assumed that it would...

Luxlife Retro Cool: Paul Newman Rolex Daytona Ref. 6263 Dec29

Luxlife Retro Cool: ...

Ref. 6263/6262, made in 1970, waterproof, stainless steel case(polished and brushed), screw-in case back and crown, chronograph buttons. The case back is signed, triplock crown, black bezel with tachometer graduation to 200 units per hour. Black and silver dial, stainless steel square hour...

Vintage James Bond Rolex on Auction Nov16

Vintage James Bond R...

The auction house Christie’s will auction in Geneva on Monday a very special Rolex watch worn by Roger Moore, aka James Bond in the film “Live and Let Die”.     The James Bond Rolex watch comes complete with a buzz saw and a hyper-intensified magnetic field to deflect bullets. “The...

Royal armchair and bar unit worth million dollars to go under the hammer Nov03

Royal armchair and b...

If you are looking to add some Indian flavor to your antique collection then Sotheby’s Paris has just the thing you need. Up for grabs are some exquisite pieces of furnishings from 20th century Eileen Gray?’s collection. Up for grabs is a metal table Gray that once graced her Tempe...

A vintage pink gold Patek Philippe keyless pocket watch to go under the hammer Oct30

A vintage pink gold ...

Antiquorum Auctioneers will soon put more exquisite pieced of vintage watches in the 13th edition of the “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” that will be conducted at The Mandarin Oriental in Geneva. The highlight of the show that aims to put 603 exceptional modern and...

Sotheby’s pieces of world history Oct18

Sotheby’s piec...

Sotheby’s autumn sale of Important Watches on Sunday 13 November 2011 will be spearheaded by  the “Clarin Mustad 1518” – a unique Patek Philippe Reference 1518 chronograph (est. CHF 800,000-1,200,000/ $890,000-1,330,000) and two Rolex wristwatches that belonged to leaders of the...