Magna Carta Copy Sold
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta â the version that became part of English law â was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million.
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Artwork attributed to Adolf Hitler is auctioned in England for higher prices than expected.
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta Â the version that became part of English law Â was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million, a Sotheby's spokeswoman said.
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A mysterious three-part painting that is viewed as a Francis Bacon masterpiece sold for $46.1 million Wednesday at a Christieâs auction in London.
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One of only 17 existing copies of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript setting out the rights of man, sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York Tuesday for 21.3 million dollars.
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A copy of the warrant that was used for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots has been bought by the Archbishop of Canterbury's library.
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Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when a copy of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York.
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A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi is withdrawn from auction in London so it can be acquired by India.
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Brueghel's bawdy masterpiece The Kermesse of St George is sold for Â£3.7 million at an auction in London.
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DALLAS, June 6 -- A document said to be the flawed version of President John F. Kennedy's death certificate is up for sale, 43 years after a typo helped make it void.
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An 800-year-old copy of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, is sold for a world record price of Â£1,140,500 at a London auction.
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A rare copy of Danish philosopher Soeren Kierkegaard's famed book, "Either/Or," will be sold at auction later this year, a Copenhagen auction house said Tuesday.
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Copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard had been expected to fetch Â£30,000-Â£50,000 at auction
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Personal letters from people such as Napoleon and John Donne are being sold at auction.
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NEW YORK/LONDON (Billboard) - It's perfectly legal, but it will still seem to some listeners like the sound of someone making off with England's crown jewels.
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A newly uncovered first edition folio of Shakespeare's plays sells at auction for Â£160,000.
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A Texas bookstore owner bought a rare page of working lyrics for Beatle Paul McCartney's song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" for $192,000 at an auction of rock and pop memorabilia at Christie's on Monday.